Consulting Energy - From Judgment to Decision-Making

This book examines a shift in the terrain of energy politics that has given rise to consultant experts as new types of intermediaries capable of orienting crucial decision-making, influencing energy politics, steering governance, and envisioning energy futures.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Preface: Consulting Energy
Forword by Dominic Boyer
1. The Sociability of Calculating Value in the Golden Age of Natural Gas
2. Virtuous Energy
3. Energy Salon
4. Doppler Affect of Energy Socials
5. Conscious Parallelism
6. Corporeality of Eureka Knowledge Events
7. Seignorial Energy
Appendix
Index

About the author

Arthur Mason is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Social Anthropology at Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. He also holds positions as Senior Visiting Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK, and Research Affiliate at the Centre for Energy Ethics at the University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur Mason, Arthur Mason, Mason Arthur
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.10.2025
• EAN: 9781041004837
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4100483-7
• No. of pages: 210
• Series: Routledge Explorations in Energy Studies
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Home improvement, DIY; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Climate Change, NATURE / Ecology, ENERGY, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Energy Policy, Applied ecology, Politics & government, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Environmental Management, Politics and government, Energy technology & engineering, Environmental policy & protocols, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Energy technology and engineering, Environmental policy and protocols, HOUSE & HOME / Energy