"Electricity is Life" - Exploring the Process of Modernization in Off-Grid Energy Governance in Namibia

This work presents a phenomenological approach to interdisciplinary energy researchfrom a bottom-up perspective. The life-world methodology sheds light on multilevel off-grid energy governance in Namibia by exploring the process of modernization throughits four dimensions: differentiation, rationalization, individualization, anddomestication. This research concludes that a shift in (off-grid) energy governance isoccurring in tandem with the meaning of "electricity is Life" experienced through theenergy practices of everyday life.Özge Dolunay is an interdisciplinary participatory action researcher and practitionerworking in off-grid energy governance and electrification.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Özge Dolunay
• Verlag: Lit Verlag
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 09.09.2025
• EAN: 9783643916976
• ISBN: 978-3-643-91697-6
• Seiten: 416
• Abmessung: 146 mm x 26 mm x 210 mm
• Gewicht: 738 g
• Serie: Geographie
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Allgemeines, Lexika