Political Economies of Energy Transition: Wind and Solar Power in Brazil and South Africa

by Kathryn Hochstetler

Global climate solutions depend on low-carbon energy transitions in developing countries, but little is known about how those will unfold. Examining the transitions of Brazil and South Africa, Hochstetler reveals how choices about wind and solar power respond to four different constellations of interests and institutions, or four simultaneous political economies of energy transition. The political economy of climate change set Brazil and South Africa...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108843840
• ISBN13: 9781108843843
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"