A Gendered Perspective on Energy Transformation Processes

Citation:

Fraune, Cornelia. 2018. “A Gendered Perspective on Energy Transformation Processes.” In Handbook of the International Political Economy of Energy and Natural Resources, edited by Andreas Goldthau, Michael F. Keating, and Caroline Kuzemko, 62–76. Cheltenham; Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Author: Cornelia Fraune

Abstract:

According to the energy system perspective, energy supply is not only a matter of societal resource endowment and technological skills, but also expresses the nexus of mode of production and living in a society. Therefore, energy transformations also affect the social distribution of resources and power within a society. In referring to feminist approaches of international political economy, a framework will be developed in order to analyse how gender relations and energy transformations are intertwined. By examining gender relations in the realm of renewable energy production, private energy consumption, and sustainable energy policy-making interdependencies between the gender regime and energy transformation processes will be revealed.

Topics: Feminisms, Feminist Political Economy, Gender, Infrastructure, Energy

Year: 2018