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Toward a neo-Gramscian interpretation of “social licence” : the case of fossil fuel divestment

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Blondeel, Mathieu (2022) Toward a neo-Gramscian interpretation of “social licence” : the case of fossil fuel divestment. In: Wood, Geoffrey and Górski, Jędrzej and Gokce, Gokce, (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Social License to Operate and Energy Transitions. Palgrave Studies in Energy Transitions . Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9783030747251

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Abstract

The international fossil fuel divestment campaign is increasingly successfully promoting a new “anti-fossil fuel norm” (AFFN), according to which investors ought to withdraw investments from fossil fuel (or carbon-intensive) assets and reinvest in more sustainable, climate-friendly alternatives. At the outset of this campaign, in the early 2010s, its self-proclaimed objective was to take away the fossil fuel industry’s “social licence to operate” (SLO). This chapter offers a neo-Gramscian view as to how a radical divestment campaign has sought to delegitimize the role of fossil fuels and the industry. The neo-Gramscian interpretation of SLO provides a rich understanding of the discursive, relational, and material aspects of power in energy transitions. It shows how societal consent to elite practices – and not just the latter’s coercive power – is crucial in successfully maintaining or transitioning away from a fossil fuel-based society. The chapter traces the origins and analyzes the current state of the divestment campaign and the norm it promotes. It concludes that the campaign’s original “counter-hegemonic” challenge has been accommodated to fit conventional narratives and has lost its most radical demands and elements and thus its most transformational potential.

Item Type: Book Item
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD61 Risk Management
H Social Sciences > HG Finance
J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Global Energy
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Strategy & International Business
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Series Name: Palgrave Studies in Energy Transitions
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9783030747251
Book Title: The Palgrave Handbook of Social License to Operate and Energy Transitions
Editor: Wood, Geoffrey and Górski, Jędrzej and Gokce, Gokce
Official Date: 28 October 2022
Dates:
DateEvent
28 October 2022Published
16 November 2021Accepted
Number of Pages: 24
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-74725-1_10-1
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
EP/S029575/1UK Research and Innovationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100014013

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