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This book presents valuable insights, critiques, and contributions from energy researchers focused on Latin American case studies. Their work not only enriches the understanding of energy justice but also addresses a significant gap in the current academic literature.
List of contents
INTRODUCTIONChapter 1. Energy justice in Latin America: Exploring a growing agenda
Adolfo Mejía-MonteroPART I Regional reflections on energy justice across Latin AmericaChapter 2. Political Economy and Energy Justice: Rentier Dynamics in Fossil Extractivist States in Latin America
Rosa Lehmann and Pedro AlarcónChapter 3. Conflicts linked to critical minerals and renewables in South America - The hydropower and copper cases through the energy justice lens
Axel Bastián Poque GonzálezChapter 4. Searching for 'indigenous' energy justice: Case studies of Costa Rica's El Diquís and Panama's Barro Blanco hydroelectric projects
Nora HamplChapter 5. Bioethical Aspects Related to Energy Poverty in Latin America: An Energy Justice Approach
Carlos Díaz-RodríguezChapter 6. Wind turbine blades: An emerging energy justice agenda in Latin America.
Eduardo Martínez-Mendoza, Eduardo Fernández-Echeverría, Gregorio Fernández-Lambert, Marieli Lavoignet-Ruíz and Luis Enrique García-SantamaríaPART II Lessons and experiences of low-carbon transitions and energy justice within national bordersChapter 7. The Chilean Energy Transition through Energy Justice as a Policy Assessment Approach
Nicolás Silva ValenzuelaChapter 8. Wind Farms Impacts and Energy Justice Relationships: The Case of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico
Eduardo Martínez-Mendoza and Luis Arturo Rivas-TovarChapter 9. Exploring Bolivia's lithium ambition through an expanded energy justice lens
Romain Mauger and Paola Villavicencio-CalzadillaChapter 10. Astronomy and Energy Justice in the Atacama Desert
Paola Velasco Herrejón, Isabelle Viole, Guillermo Valenzuela-Venegas, Sabrina Sartori, Marianne Zeyringer.
PART II Criticizing and expanding energy justice grounded on a Latin American perspectiveChapter 11. Constructing a regulatory framework for energy justice? Evidence from Ecuador
Mendieta-Vicuña, Diana and Esparcia, JavierChapter 12. How do you live and adapt to energy insecurity?
Gianna Monteiro Farias Simões and Solange Maria LederChapter 13. Towards energy justice in Argentina. Learning from inclusion experiences.
Alejandra Ise, Silvina Carrizo, Luciana Clementi1 and Marie ForgetChapter 14. Struggles for Pluriversal Fairness: Decolonizing energy justice through autonomous praxis in Mexico
Carlos TornelChapter 15. Beyond Inclusion: Advocating for a Feminist Understanding of Energy Justice
Lillian Sol CuevaCONCLUSIONChapter 16. Powering Energy Justice in Latin America
Adolfo Mejía-MonteroIndex
About the author
Adolfo Mejía-Montero is a lecturer in Energy, Society, and Sustainability at the University of Edinburgh, where he is part of the School of Social and Political Science's Department of Science, Technology, and Innovation Studies (STIS). He also serves as the director of the MSc programme in Energy, Society, and Sustainability within the School of Geosciences. With an interdisciplinary background in physics, engineering, and human geography, Adolfo has contributed to a wide range of research projects focused on energy justice, low¿carbon energy projects in indigenous territories, wind and solar power, mixed¿methods research, and sustainable energy systems, particularly in Latin America and the United Kingdom.
Summary
This book presents valuable insights, critiques, and contributions from energy researchers focused on Latin American case studies. Their work not only enriches the understanding of energy justice but also addresses a significant gap in the current academic literature.
