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The political economy of decarbonisation: from green energy ‘race’ to green ‘division of labour’

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Lachapelle, Erick, MacNeil, Robert, Paterson, Matthew·2017·New Political Economy
DOI 10.1080/13563467.2017.1240669
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This paper aims to provide an addendum to the rapidly growing concept of a global ‘green energy race’ between major states. It argues that although this framing has been useful in underscoring important dynamics in the process of decarbonisation, its narrow focus on installed capacity obscures a much broader and more complex process at play. In particular, it overlooks the critical role played by states aggressively investing in R&D and export manufacturing in the renewable energy sector. The paper thus supplements the concept of a green ‘energy race’ with that of a green ‘global division of labour’, which sees the process of decarbonisation not exclusively as an effort by individual states to install renewables domestically, but rather as a collective and interdependent process by dozens of states, all striving in different ways to promote capital accumulation on their soil. The paper provides an overview of data covering innovation, manufacturing and deployment in the clean energy sector, and offers a theoretical analysis of the trends observed.

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Authors
Lachapelle, E., MacNeil, R., & Paterson, M.
Affiliations
  • Department of Political Science, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
  • The University of Sydney (AU)
  • University of Manchester (GB)
Corresponding author
MacNeil, Robert
ORCID
Venue
New Political Economy
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2016-10-07
Volume
22
Issue
3
Pages
311-327
ISSN
  • 1356-3467 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-9923
DOI
10.1080/13563467.2017.1240669
OpenAlex
W2528924350
Cited by
114
References
47
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 1
FWCI
12.05
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
other-oa
Locations
  • New Political Economy (publishedVersion)
  • Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Energy › General Energy › Global Energy Security and Policy
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Sustainable Development and Policies
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Climate Change Policy and Economics
Keywords
decarbonization, international division of labor, renewable energy, clean energy innovation, renewable energy manufacturing, export production, R&D investment, capital accumulation, international competition, political economy of climate policy

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