Disclosing Citizens’ Perceptual Patterns of the Transition to Renewable Energy in Germany

The article aims to explore citizens’ perceptual patterns underlying the public’s view of the German energy transition. By reducing the complexity of the public’s views to its main dimensions, the article contributes to a deeper understanding of citizens’ reactions to transition projects such as the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature and culture 2018-07, Vol.13 (2), p.253-280
Hauptverfasser: Sonnberger, Marco, Ruddat, Michael
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The article aims to explore citizens’ perceptual patterns underlying the public’s view of the German energy transition. By reducing the complexity of the public’s views to its main dimensions, the article contributes to a deeper understanding of citizens’ reactions to transition projects such as the German energy transition. This research is based on a German-wide representative survey that included items covering different aspects concerning the acceptance of energy technologies (trust in key actors, fairness, perceived risks and benefits, etc.). In order to explore citizens’ perceptual patterns of the German energy transition, we drew on the method of categorical principal component analysis. On the basis of our results, we hypothesize that risk-benefit/acceptance and trust/fairness are two main latent dimensions underlying citizens’ perception of the energy transition.
ISSN:1558-6073
1558-5468
DOI:10.3167/nc.2018.130204