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datestamp: 2021-05-19 15:21:03
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type: thesis
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creators_name: Pohle, Philip
creators_id: S2762498
creators_email: p.j.pohle@student.rug.nl
title: The Ecological Modernization Discourse and the Community Acceptance of Large-scale Wind Power Projects in the Netherlands: A Problematic Marriage for Policy-making A case-study of Windfarm N33
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abstract: The implementation of large-scale wind power in the Netherlands is lagging behind. Social acceptance issues – in particular community acceptance – have hindered the development of these projects. To research why community acceptance issues have not been properly addressed and resolved, this thesis examined the policy-making for ‘Windfarm N33’. This research expected, based on a literature review, that the overarching policy-making discourse of ecological modernization has hindered the inclusion of certain community acceptance factors in policy-making of Windfarm N33. This research identified four discursive tendencies of EM for policy-making; business-oriented, scientistic, techno-centric, and universalist. Discourses and their tendencies are relevant for policy-making as they shape and demarcate the frame of reference to what counts as a valid statement or argument in policy-making processes and hereby influence what counts as an environmental problem and what policies or instruments are subsequently considered to resolve it. To research how ecological modernization affected the policy-making of N33 with regards to community acceptance, this research conducted a single case study based on evidence derived from a documentary desk-study and semi-structed interviews with a qualitative deductive content analysis as its text interpretation method. All in all, this research found a clear resemblance between the policy-making of Windfarm N33 and the discursive tendencies of ecological modernization as the policy-making process showed a preference for technical and environmental factors relevant for shaping community acceptance while structurally neglecting other factors.
date: 2021
pages: 73
thesis_type: master
degree_programme: EIP
tutors_name: Zuidema, C.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Planologie
tutors_email: C.Zuidema@rug.nl
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keywords_local: Policy-making
keywords_local: sustainable energy
keywords_local: community acceptance
keywords_local: ecological modernization
keywords_local: discourse
keywords_local: wind energy
keywords_local: environmental politics
language_iso: en
agreed_repository: yes
date_issued: 2021-05-18
citation:   Pohle, Philip  (2021) The Ecological Modernization Discourse and the Community Acceptance of Large-scale Wind Power Projects in the Netherlands: A Problematic Marriage for Policy-making A case-study of Windfarm N33.  Master thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3471/1/MSc%20Thesis_Philip%20Pohle_April%2019%2C%202021%20%5BRUG%5D.pdf