Is the gas industry a good neighbour? A comparison of UK and Australia experiences in terms of procedural fairness and distributive justice

Abstract

Is the gas industry a good neighbour? A comparison of UK and Australia experiences in terms of procedural fairness and distributive justice. The Extractive Industries and Society .

Yet more ‘fracking’ social science: An overview of unconventional hydrocarbon development globally

“…One reason that multiple authors offered in at least partial explanation for regional differences was that public perceptions, public discourse, and public policy on UHD are all highly context dependent (Cantoni et al 2018, Haggerty et al 2018, Jacquet et al 2018. Witt et al (2018b) also cite social, political, regulatory, cultural, and economic context dependence to explain differences between reactions to UHD in Australia compared to the UK. Andreasson (2018) offers legislative and economic context and the unique assemblage of actors in the policy process in South Africa to reveal why that nation might be moving away from prospects for UHD.…”

“…Beyond the critiques associated with minimal opportunity for members of the public to shape policy on UHD in the UK, the Netherlands, Poland, and Mexico, the importance of such procedural justice for conditioning support for UHD was discussed in additional nations: Australia (Luke et al 2018a, Witt et al 2018b, Canada (Larkin et al 2018), and China . Perhaps the only counter-example in this special issue -an instance in which regulation is trending towards more public representation in governance (as opposed to less) -is South Africa, where Atkinson (2018) observes that a change in the government agency responsible for UHD has increased local authority.…”

“…Concerns about distribution of risks and benefits are one reason that emphasis has been put on increasing local voice in decision making. Reviews of research in the southern and western USA (Haggerty et al 2018, Theodori 2018, the comparison between the UK and Australia (Witt et al 2018b), and research from Mexico (Ontiveros et al 2018) and Argentina (Costie et al 2018) all point to notable disparities in who benefits from and who is negatively impacted by UHD. Perceptions of lacking procedural and distributive justice are one of the key motivators of activism on UHD.…”

Responsible sourcing for energy transitions: Discussing academic narratives of responsible sourcing through the lens of natural resources justice

“…Compared to neighboring academic discourses such as environmental and climate sciences (e.g., Roy and Schaffartzik, 2021;Sowman and Wynberg, 2014), there seems to be a distinct lack of NRJ in the literature on the extractive sector and mineral supply chains. Scholarly works have mainly focused on justice-aspects associated with specific extractive operations, such as environmental justice, extractive violence, and territorial aspects in indigenous contexts (Hope, 2022;Nachet et al, 2021), procedural and distributive justice (Witt et al, 2018), or the mapping of ecological distribution conflicts (Martinez-Alier, 2021). However, the discourse fails to address the entirety of NRJ and the potential influence of downstream supply chain actors on justice in extractive operations posing a research gap.…”

Benefitting from the Boom? Experiences of Female Business Operators in Resource Towns of Southern Queensland

“…and rising levels of social and political conflict (Brown et al, 1989;England & Albrecht, 1984;Haslam-McKenzie et al, 2009;Gilmore & Duff, 1975;Rolfe et al, 2007;Witt et al, 2018).…”