the UK would suggest that it does, because the better off are the poorest in society,
the more able they are to bear some part of the costs of transformation and able
to claim some share of the benefits
Notes
1 I am grateful to Carlota Perez, Hubert Schmitz and the other contributors to this book
for comments on earlier drafts, and to Ashwin Gambhir for discussions on India’s windenergy policies. The framework used here for analysing the politics of energy was jointly
developed with Caroline Kuzemko, Catherine Mitchell and Richard Hoggett. This work
was supported by The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
[EP/K001582/1].
2 Available online at: www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2014/04/germany%E2%80%99srenewables-reforms-are-a-step-towards-giving-energy-sector-back-to-big-corporations/.
Accessed 16 June 2014.
3 Available online at: www.business-standard.com/article/companies/restore-accelerateddepreciation-scheme-for-wind-sector-suzlon-114020900114_1.html. Accessed 16 June
2014.
4 Personal communication, Ashwin Gambhir, PRAYAS.
5 See also Laird and Stefes (2009) for a similar analysis of Germany and the US.
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the more able they are to bear some part of the costs of transformation and able
to claim some share of the benefits
Notes
1 I am grateful to Carlota Perez, Hubert Schmitz and the other contributors to this book
for comments on earlier drafts, and to Ashwin Gambhir for discussions on India’s windenergy policies. The framework used here for analysing the politics of energy was jointly
developed with Caroline Kuzemko, Catherine Mitchell and Richard Hoggett. This work
was supported by The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
[EP/K001582/1].
2 Available online at: www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2014/04/germany%E2%80%99srenewables-reforms-are-a-step-towards-giving-energy-sector-back-to-big-corporations/.
Accessed 16 June 2014.
3 Available online at: www.business-standard.com/article/companies/restore-accelerateddepreciation-scheme-for-wind-sector-suzlon-114020900114_1.html. Accessed 16 June
2014.
4 Personal communication, Ashwin Gambhir, PRAYAS.
5 See also Laird and Stefes (2009) for a similar analysis of Germany and the US.
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