The Oxford Handbook of Energy and Society

Debra J. Davidson is Professor of Environmental Sociology in the Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology at the University of Alberta, Canada. Her primary areas of teaching and research include the social dimensions of energy food systems, with special interest in the impacts on, and the observed and potential institutional transformation in, energy and food systems due to climate change. She is co-author of Challenging Legitimacy at the Precipice of Energy Calamity, with Mike Gismondi (2011), and co-editor of Consuming Sustainability: Critical Perspectives on Socio-ecological Change, with Kirstin Hatt (2005).Matthias Gross is Professor of Environmental Sociology at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ in Leipzig, Germany, and by joint appointment, the University of Jena, Germany. His recent research focuses on the changing role of civil society, alternative energy systems, the sociology of engineering, real world experiments, ecological design, renewable energy systems, risk and ignorance, and theories of the knowledge society. He is a founding editor of the journal Nature + Culture. Book publications in English include Ignorance and Surprise: Science, Society, and Ecological Design (2010), Renewable Energies (2014, with Rüdiger Mautz), the Routledge International Handbook of Ignorance Studies (edited with Linsey McGoey, 2015), and Green European: Environmental Behaviour and Attitudes in Europe in a Historical and Cross-Cultural Comparative Perspective (2017, co-editor with Audrone Telesiene).

• Part I. Energy and Society: Key Contemporary Dynamics and Theoretical Contributions1. A Time of Change, a Time for Change: Energy-Society Relations in the 21st CenturyDebra J. Davidson and Matthias Gross2. Energy, Climate Change, and Global Governance: The 2015 Paris Agreement in PerspectiveJohn Vogler3.Energy Consumption as Part of Social Practices: The Alternative Approach of Practice TheoryAna Horta4. Analyzing the Socio-Technical Transformation of Energy Systems: The Concept of 'Sustainability Transitions'Harald RohracherPart II. Structural/Political-Economic Perspectives: The Persistent Material and Geopolitical Relevance of Fossil Fuels5. National Energy Signatures: Energetics, Money, and the Structure of the Global SystemJalel Sager6. Energy Markets and TradingDavid Mares7. Raw Materialism and Socioeconomic Change in the Coal IndustryPaul S. Ciccantell and Paul K. Gellert8. The International Political Economy of Eastern European Energy Security: Russia, Ukraine, and the EUJack D. SharplesPart III. Where the Rubber Hits the Road: Consumption Dynamics9. Energy Consumption Trends Across the GlobeRichard York10. Shifts in Energy Consumption Driven by Urbanization Perry Sadorsky11. Theorizing the Behavioral Dimension of Energy Consumption: Energy Efficiency and the Value-Action GapMarilyn A. Brown and Benjamin K. Sovacool12. Energy Cultures as Sociomaterial Orders of EnergyThomas Pfister and Martin Schweighofer13. The Limits of Household Change: Structural Influences over Individual ConsumptionJanet A. LorenzenPart IV. Is Energy a Human Right? Perspectives on Energy Equity, and Energy Poverty14. Decreasing Supplies, Increasing Risks in Oil DevelopmentChristine Shearer15. Industrializing Countries as the New Energy ConsumersPaulo Manduca, Mauro Berni, Iure Paiva, and José Alexandre Hage16. Energy Poverty, Energy Equity in a World of High Demand and Low SupplyKarl-Michael Brunner, Sylvia Mandl, and Harriet Thomson17. Energy Poverty and Climate Change: Elements to DebateMarcio Giannini Pereira, Neilton Fidelis da Silva, and Marcos A.V. FreitasPart V. Energy and Publics18. Local Responses to Renewable Energy DevelopmentAna Delicado19. User Innovation and Peer Assistance in Small-Scale Renewable Energy TechnologiesSampsa Hyysalo and Jouni Juntunen20. The Role of Media Influence in Shaping Public Energy DialoguesAleksandra WagnerPart VI. Energy (Re)takes Center-Stage in Politics and Motivates Shifts in Governance21. Social Movements and EnergyIon Bogdan Vasi22. Nightmares and Dreams: Contested Framing of Unconventional Fossil FuelsJennifer Dodge23. Oil Opposition: Creating Friction in Energy PoliticsMark CJ Stoddart, Jillian Rene Smith, and Paula Graham24. The Local at the Forefront of Energy Transition: The Example of the Development of Renewable Electricity in Germany and SwedenCyria EmelianoffPart VII. Emerging Trends with the Potential to Generate Significant Shifts in the Energy Society Relationship25. Are We on the Cusp of a Global Renewable Energy Transition?Sybille Roehrkasten26. Technological Optimism in Climate Mitigation: The Case of Carbon Capture and StorageJennie C. Stephens and Nils Markusson27. Exnovation as a Necessary Factor in Successful Energy TransitionsMartin David28. In Closing: From 'energy' to 'Energy' Matthias Gross and Debra J. Davidson

The last section discusses emerging trends and opportunities in the energy-society relationship. The authors highlight the latest sociological research and provide their analyses on a developing and growing issue that will continue to impact society. This comprehensive volume showcases the trends, challenges, and opportunities of energy issues and their influence on society.