{"product_id":"the-resistance-dilemma-isbn-9780262543088","title":"The Resistance Dilemma","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow organized resistance to new fossil fuel infrastructure became a political force, and how this might affect the transition to renewable energy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrganized resistance to new fossil fuel infrastructure, particularly conflicts over pipelines, has become a formidable political force in North America. In this book, George Hoberg examines whether such place-based environmental movements are effective ways of promoting climate action, if they might inadvertently feed resistance to the development of renewable energy infrastructure, and what other, more innovative processes of decision-making would encourage the acceptance of clean energy systems. Focusing on a series of conflicts over new oil sands pipelines, Hoberg investigates activists’ strategy of blocking fossil fuel infrastructure, often in alliance with Indigenous groups, and examines the political and environmental outcomes of these actions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAfter discussing the oil sands policy regime and the relevant political institutions in Canada and the United States, Hoberg analyzes in detail four anti-pipeline campaigns, examining the controversies over the Keystone XL, the most well-known of these movements and the first one to use infrastructure resistance as a core strategy; the Northern Gateway pipeline; the Trans Mountain pipeline; and the Energy East pipeline. He then considers the “resistance dilemma”: the potential of place-based activism to threaten the much-needed transition to renewable energy. He examines several episodes of resistance to clean energy infrastructure in eastern Canada and the United States. Finally, Hoberg describes some innovative processes of energy decision-making, including strategic environment assessment, and cumulative impact assessment, looking at cases in British Columbia and Lower Alberta.\u003cbr\u003e List of Figures and Tables\u003cbr\u003eSeries Foreword\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e1 The Grand Challenge: Mobilizing to Address the Climate Crisis\u003cbr\u003ePart I: The Oil Sands Policy Regime\u003cbr\u003e2 The Oil Sands Policy Regime: Resource, Markets, and Politics\u003cbr\u003e3 The Oil Sands Policy Regime: Ideas, Institutions, and Environmental Policies\u003cbr\u003ePart II: Pipeline Resistance\u003cbr\u003e4 Keystone XL and the Rise of the Anti-Pipeline Movement\u003cbr\u003e5 The Northern Gateway Pipeline: The Continental Divide in Energy Politics\u003cbr\u003e6 The Trans Mountain Expansion Project: The Politics of Structure\u003cbr\u003e7 After Careful Review of Changed Circumstances: The Demise of Energy East \u003cbr\u003e(with Xavier Deschênes-Philion)\u003cbr\u003e8 The Impact of Pipeline Resistance\u003cbr\u003ePart III: The Resistance Dilemma\u003cbr\u003e9 The Site C Dam and the Political Barriers to Renewable Energy\u003cbr\u003e10 How Resistance to Renewable Energy Infrastructure Might Frustrate Climate Solutions\u003cbr\u003ePart IV: Can Innovative Processes Avoid Paralysis?\u003cbr\u003e11 Overcoming Place-Based Resistance to Renewable Energy Infrastructure\u003cbr\u003e12 Conclusions\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex“As this important book makes clear, policy makers \u003ci\u003emust\u003c\/i\u003e engage local populations in meaningful decision-making processes about renewable energy projects if we hope to address the climate crisis.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eShannon Elizabeth Bell, Associate Professor of Sociology, Virginia Tech; author of \u003ci\u003eFighting King Coa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cu\u003el\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“While place-based resistance to fossil fuel infrastructure has contributed to climate action, it could also slow down the deployment of clean energy. Essential reading for scholars and practitioners alike.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJohannes Urpelainen, Professor of Energy, Resources, and Environment, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies; coauthor of \u003ci\u003eRenewable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cu\u003es\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“As theoretically important as it is empirically rich, \u003ci\u003eThe Resistance Dilemma\u003c\/i\u003e should be read by anyone interested in place-based climate change activism.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eDoug McAdam, Professor of Sociology, Stanford University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Outstanding Academic Title Award, Choice, 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Donald Smiley Prize, Canadian Political Science Association, 2022 \u003c\/b\u003eGeorge Hoberg is Professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300624978149,"sku":"NP9780262543088","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262543088.jpg?v=1767741217","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-resistance-dilemma-isbn-9780262543088","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}