Governing clean energy transitions in China and India: A comparative political economy analysis

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China and India will have to radically transform their electric power systems in order to decouple economic growth from unsustainable resource consumption. While the majority of transition literature has focused on the diverse socio-technical factors that could enable such a transformation, more recently scholars have called for a deeper analysis of political economy factors. This paper contributes to this approach by studying how a ruling coalition's ability and willingness to promote a clean energy transition is shaped by societal pressures, vested interests, and its power and cohesiveness. In doing so, we identify central drivers and barriers to a clean energy transition in China and India.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-92-9256-071-3
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2016/28

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Alternative Energy Sources ; Environmental Economics: Technological Innovation ; Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth ; Environment and Growth
• Subject: green growth ; state capacity ; political settlement ; ruling coalition survival ; renewable energy policy ; sub-national variation

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Isoaho, Karoliina ; Goritz, Alexandra ; Schulz, Nicolai
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (where): Helsinki
• (when): 2016

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2016/071-3
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/146221
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET