Drivers of Energy Transition - How Interest Groups Influenced Energy Politics in Germany

Wolfgang Gründinger explores how interest groups, veto opportunities, and electoral pressure formed the German energy transition: nuclear exit, renewables, coal (CCS), and emissions trading. His findings provide evidence that logics of political competition in new German politics have fundamentally changed over the last two decades with respect to five distinct mechanisms: the end of 'fossil-nuclear' corporatism, the new importance of trust in lobbying, 'green ' path dependence, the emergence of a 'Green Grand Coalition', and intra-party fights over energy politics.

List of contents

Interest Groups, Lobbying, and Advocacy Coalitions.- The Rise and Fall of Nuclear Power in Germany.- The EEG - Story of an Unlikely Revolution.- 'Clean Coal' (CCS) - A Chance for Climate Protection?.- Emissions Trading: Europe's Flagship for Climate Protection.

About the author

Dr. Wolfgang Gründinger studied Political and Social Sciences at the University of Regensburg, the Humboldt University in Berlin and the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), and attended the Oxford Internet Leadership Academy. Currently he works as an Advisor on Digital Transformation at the German Association of the Digital Economy (BVDW).

Summary

Wolfgang Gründinger explores how interest groups, veto opportunities, and electoral pressure formed the German energy transition: nuclear exit, renewables, coal (CCS), and emissions trading. His findings provide evidence that logics of political competition in new German politics have fundamentally changed over the last two decades with respect to five distinct mechanisms: the end of ’fossil-nuclear’ corporatism, the new importance of trust in lobbying, ’green ’ path dependence, the emergence of a ’Green Grand Coalition’, and intra-party fights over energy politics.

Product details

• Authors: Wolfgang Gründinger
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9783658176907
• ISBN: 978-3-658-17690-7
• No. of pages: 657
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 37 mm x 213 mm
• Weight: 861 g
• Illustrations: X, 657 p. 61 illus.
• Series: Energiepolitik und Klimaschutz; Energiepolitik und Klimaschutz. Energy Policy and Climate Protection; Energiepolitik und Klimaschutz; Energiepolitik und Klimaschutz. Energy Policy and Climate Protection
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Kommunikationswissenschaft, Europa, C, Political Science, Germany, Politische Strukturen und Prozesse, Political science & theory, Political Science and International Studies, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Energy technology & engineering, Energy Policy, Energy industries & utilities, Energy and state, Political Communication, German Politics, Germany—Politics and government