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single transaction. Wolf argues that these developments are rightly
understood as situated within accompanying changes at the federal and
state levels pertaining to regulation and political dynamics. Rather than
a case of abject failure, he reads it as the construction of requisite institutions to exercise accountability mechanisms that render energy extraction and biodiversity conservation not necessarily mutually exclusive,
given political will and future enabling policy. This cross-sectoral analysis
raises questions of legitimacy for the evolution of the energy sector in
the American West, evidencing a lack of credibility to claims of energy
transition.
After the five case chapters comes Part III, which comprises editorial
reflections and a co-authored concluding synthesis. It takes a step back to
revisit the cases at a higher level of abstraction. Chapter 9 draws out the
various registers where practices of legitimation are at work in each case.
Chapter 10 demonstrates application of the practices of legitimation
within dimensions that are present in the five cases and highlights opportunities to cross-fertilise scholarship on energy transitions and environmental governance. Part III thus brings together openings in the fields
that are broached by the case chapters and by the framing of the book.
With this in mind, the reader is invited into the wide-ranging world of
energy transitions over the course of Chaps. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/
by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction
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indicate if changes were made.
The images or other third party material in this chapter are included in the
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permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright
holder.
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single transaction. Wolf argues that these developments are rightly
understood as situated within accompanying changes at the federal and
state levels pertaining to regulation and political dynamics. Rather than
a case of abject failure, he reads it as the construction of requisite institutions to exercise accountability mechanisms that render energy extraction and biodiversity conservation not necessarily mutually exclusive,
given political will and future enabling policy. This cross-sectoral analysis
raises questions of legitimacy for the evolution of the energy sector in
the American West, evidencing a lack of credibility to claims of energy
transition.
After the five case chapters comes Part III, which comprises editorial
reflections and a co-authored concluding synthesis. It takes a step back to
revisit the cases at a higher level of abstraction. Chapter 9 draws out the
various registers where practices of legitimation are at work in each case.
Chapter 10 demonstrates application of the practices of legitimation
within dimensions that are present in the five cases and highlights opportunities to cross-fertilise scholarship on energy transitions and environmental governance. Part III thus brings together openings in the fields
that are broached by the case chapters and by the framing of the book.
With this in mind, the reader is invited into the wide-ranging world of
energy transitions over the course of Chaps. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/
by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction
in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original
author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence and
indicate if changes were made.
The images or other third party material in this chapter are included in the
chapter’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to
the material. If material is not included in the chapter’s Creative Commons licence
and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the
permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright
holder.
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