Electricity Capital and Energy Poverty - Perspectives From Developmental States and Decentralised Markets

This open access book explores the rise of new forms of electricity capitalism, examining how evolving energy systems shape energy consumption and access in five different case studies from the global South. Structured in seven chapters, it begins with a clear theoretical and conceptual foundation and is followed by five compelling case studies, grounded in research insights from Zimbabwe, Mexico, Uganda, Indonesia, and Vanuatu. The book concludes with a synthesis of these findings, paving the way for future discussions on energy poverty in the context of electricity capitalism in the Global South.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Electricity Capital and Energy Poverty.- Chapter 2. Energy poverty and developmental state capitalism in Indonesia: A geographical political economy reading.-Chapter 3. The paradox of energy poverty datafication in Zimbabwe: An African Ubuntu view.- Chapter 4. Uganda: The Political Economy of off-grid Solar Capitalism.- Chapter 5. Of energy transitions and the State.  The case of Mexico s attempted electricity reform.- Chapter 6. Vanuatu and the ecologies of solar waste.-Chapter 7.Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Lucy H Baker, Lucy H. Baker, Umberto Cao, Elle Fungisai Chipango, Ellen Fungisai Chipango, Paul G. Munro, Shanil Samarakoon, Hilman Syahri Fathoni
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 18.08.2025
• EAN: 9783031943577
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3194357-7
• No. of pages: 146
• Illustrations: IV, 146 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; Soziologie, Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein, Geographie, Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie, Energiewirtschaft und Versorgungsunternehmen, Open Access, Global South, energy transition, Environmental Social Sciences, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Energy Policy, Science and Technology Studies, Political Economy of Energy, Integrated Geography, Energy Poverty, energy governance, Sustainable Development Goal 7, electricity capitalism