Exploring instigator and defender policy scenarios in the siting of energy infrastructure.

BIBLE. John; NATURAL gas pipelines; WIND power plants; SOLAR power plants; ELECTRIC power transmission; ENERGY security; MARITAL conflict

LEBANON; LIBYA

Energy infrastructure is the foundation of any modern society, yet decisions on where and how to site this infrastructure can be contentious. This article argues that energy infrastructure siting is illustrative of policy scenarios involving instigators of a proposed policy and defenders of the status quo. Through analyzing natural gas pipelines, electricity transmission lines, solar power plants, and wind power plants, and leveraging a unique dataset of over 1000 newspaper articles on 16 selected cases, we extract discourse over the project life cycle across infrastructure types and conflict intensities. This article delineates policy scenarios involving two primary sets of actors—the proposal instigator (e.g., an energy corporation) and the defender of the status quo (e.g., a community). When higher levels of conflict exist, defenders represent more actors than instigators, as defenders have the advantage of mobilizing and recruiting around the status quo. The frames used by defenders are also more diverse than those used by instigators. Additionally, the balance of discourse is associated with the characteristics of the proposal and conflict intensity, as well as who wins or loses. Related Articles: Ash, John. 2010. "New Nuclear Energy, Risk, and Justice: Regulatory Strategies for an Era of Limited Trust." Politics & Policy 38(2): 255–84. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747‐1346.2010.00237.x Khodr, Hiba, and Isabella Ruble. 2013. "Energy Policies and Domestic Politics in the MENA Region in the Aftermath of the Arab Upheavals: The Cases of Lebanon, Libya, and KSA." Politics & Policy 41(5): 656–89. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12033 Kilinç‐Pala, Pinar Buket. 2021. "Approaches in Energy Exclusive Security: Theories of Energy Security and the Dominance of Realism." Politics & Policy 49(3): 771–94. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12411 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Exploración de escenarios de políticas de instigadores y defensores en la ubicación de la infraestructura energética: La infraestructura energética es la base de cualquier sociedad moderna, sin embargo, las decisiones sobre dónde y cómo ubicar esta infraestructura pueden ser controvertidas. Este artículo sostiene que la ubicación de la infraestructura energética es ilustrativa de escenarios de políticas que involucran a los instigadores de una política propuesta y a los defensores del status quo. Mediante el análisis de tuberías de gas natural, líneas de transmisión de electricidad, plantas de energía solar y plantas de energía eólica, y aprovechando un conjunto de datos único de más de 1,000 artículos de periódicos sobre 16 casos seleccionados, extraemos el discurso sobre el ciclo de vida del proyecto a través de tipos de infraestructura e intensidades de conflicto. El artículo delinea escenarios de políticas que involucran a dos grupos principales de actores: el instigador de la propuesta y el defensor del status quo. Cuando existen niveles más altos de conflicto, los defensores representan más actores que instigadores, ya que los defensores tienen la ventaja de movilizarse y reclutar en torno al status quo. El equilibrio del discurso también se asocia a las características de la propuesta y la intensidad del conflicto. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

探索能源基礎設施選址中的發起者和捍衛者政策情景: 能源基礎設施是任何現代社會的基礎，但關於該基礎設施的位置和方式的決定可能存在爭議。本文認為，能源基礎設施選址是政策情景的說明，涉及提議政策的發起者和現狀的捍衛者。通過分析天然氣管道、輸電線路、太陽能發電廠和風力發電廠，並利用 16 個選定案例的 1,000 多篇報紙文章的獨特數據集，我們提取了跨基礎設施類型和衝突強度的項目生命週期的討論。這篇文章描述了涉及兩組主要參與者的政策情景——提案發起者和現狀的捍衛者。當存在更高級別的衝突時，捍衛者代表的行為者多於煽動者，因為捍衛者俱有圍繞現狀進行動員和招募的優勢。멱語的平衡還與提案的特點和衝突強度有關。 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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