Fighting fruitfully? Participation and conflict in the context of electricity grid extension in Germany

Kamlage, Jan-Hendrik; Drewing, Emily; Reinermann, Julia Lena; Vries, Nicole de; Flores, Marissa

doi:10.1016/j.jup.2020.101022

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“…With regard to the character of the conflict studied, it can be said that the protest against the expansion of the 5G network has numerous parallels to protests against measures against the spread of COVID-19, but also against the expansion of plants for the renewable generation of electricity, the power grid in the context of the energy transition, but also other spatially affecting changes, such as the extraction of mineral raw materials or industrial estates [88][89][90][91][92][93][94]. The bearers of the protest are mostly people with a higher stock of symbolic capital, i.e., also the ability to use scientific results specifically for their own purpose.…”

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Technological Transformation Processes and Resistance—On the Conflict Potential of 5G Using the Example of 5G Network Expansion in Germany

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The expansion of fifth-generation wireless technology (5G) has been assigned the significance of a ‘key technology’ in connection with technological advances in the context of the digitalization of societies, which is a central goal of current governments in leading industrialized nations. As with other large-scale infrastructure projects such as the expansion of renewable energies as part of the energy transition in Germany, the plans for implementation are meeting with great resistance from the population, sometimes resulting in arson attacks on 5G transmission masts. Current research on 5G focuses primarily on technical–economic, health-related and, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, increasingly conspiracy-theoretical aspects, while questions of acceptance or conflict potential have received little attention to date. This article aims to address this research gap and, on the basis of a conflict-theoretical perspective according to Dahrendorf combined with a socio-economic contextualization in the sense of Bourdieu, approaches the question of the extent to which social conflict has already progressed and what regulatory possibilities socio-economic contexts assume in terms of significance. For this purpose, about 70 identifiable internet presences of citizens’ initiatives against 5G were qualitatively and quantitatively evaluated.

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“…Furthermore, it is believed that this result may relate to avoiding conflict ( Kovács et al, 2016 ), presenting additional benefits for the adaptation policy cycle. It is well known that an ample information provision in the initial steps of the policy cycle is of great importance to ascertain major conflicting values and to find compromise solutions ( Kamlage et al, 2020 ; Siebenhüner, 2018 ). However, conflicts in adaptation policy can emerged in the latest steps if stakeholders feel they did not contribute with their knowledge to the final products of the project ( Siebenhüner, 2018 ).…”

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Group discussions on how to implement a participatory process in climate adaptation planning: a case study in Malaysia

Palermo

Hernández

2020

Ecological Economics

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The frequency and intensity of extreme climate events are increasing all around the world, due to climate change. Climate adaptation strategies are therefore needed, since mitigation strategies alone are not sufficient to avoid serious impacts of climate change. However, adaptation to climate change is not straightforward, as it is highly influenced by diverse and conflicting interests as well as epistemological (or scientific) uncertainties. Therefore, a minimum requirement for its success is the active participation of stakeholders and citizens in the adaptation policy cycle. This paper presents a case study on a participatory process involving civil servants from different municipalities in Malaysia, in Southeast Asia, with a view to considering the optimal level of engagement that is required for climate adaptation planning. The exercise consisted of a Focus Group session, where participants were asked to discuss the level of stakeholder and citizen participation that should be adopted within the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy initiative. Contrary to authors' expectations, the participants tended to suggest medium to high levels of participation in the planning process. During the dialogues, a walking activity through the city, aimed at identifying hotspots of climate risks and defined as “safety walks”, was one of the ideas proposed as a high-potential participatory method, spreading in the adaptation framework. Safety walks could complement climate modelling and enhance the robustness of climate risk assessments.

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“…Moreover, the complexity of the different modal references makes it difficult to form organized conflict parties. The complexity of landscape, as well as the different perspectives, also facilitates the transformation of factual and procedural conflicts into identity and value conflicts, which is often associated with the moralization of the object of conflict, of the other conflict party as well as of the conflict itself (Kamlage et al, 2020;Eichenauer et al, 2018;Becker and Naumann, 2018). Moral communication, in turn, does not take place in the recognition of the legitimacy of the position of the other conflict party, but it implies one's own moral overvaluation, i.e., the devaluation of the other party.…”

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The open society and its life chances – from Karl Popper via Ralf Dahrendorf to a human geography of options and ligatures

Kühne¹,

Leonardi

Berr³

2023

Geogr. Helv.

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Abstract. In recent decades, geography in the German-speaking world has been strongly oriented towards Anglo-Saxon and French concepts. For some years now, efforts have been emerging to consider the potential of German language, not only philosophical but also sociological and anthropological traditions of thought for human geography in Germany and beyond. This article considers two thinkers from the German-speaking world who have dedicated themselves to defending the open society: Karl Popper and his student Ralf Dahrendorf. In particular, the operationalization of open society considerations in Ralf Dahrendorf's conflict theory shows great potential especially for human geography research, as conflicts in the use and design of material spaces as well as over conceptual versions of spaces are commonplace. This thesis gains its current validity not least from the resurgence of authoritarian and totalitarian ideas that reject the achievements of open societies and always have spatial implications. It is therefore time to turn to the four central theorems of the two thinkers: (1) Popper's three worlds theory and (2) the concept of open society and (3) Dahrendorf's concepts of life chances and (4) conflict regulation.

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Fighting fruitfully? Participation and conflict in the context of electricity grid extension in Germany

Cited by 32 publications

References 13 publications

Technological Transformation Processes and Resistance—On the Conflict Potential of 5G Using the Example of 5G Network Expansion in Germany

Technological Transformation Processes and Resistance—On the Conflict Potential of 5G Using the Example of 5G Network Expansion in Germany

Group discussions on how to implement a participatory process in climate adaptation planning: a case study in Malaysia

The open society and its life chances – from Karl Popper via Ralf Dahrendorf to a human geography of options and ligatures

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