新殖民主义与地下化石燃料：德国与塞内加尔天然气合作的话语分析

IF 7.4 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-05-08 DOI:10.1016/j.erss.2025.104121

Luc van Vliet, Janina Herzog-Hawelka, Clara McDonnell

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本文探讨了围绕德国和塞内加尔之间潜在的天然气合作伙伴关系的有争议的话语，突出了新殖民主义在能源政治中的影响。它解决了LFFU文献中的一个空白：它与批评的有限接触，这些批评称全球北方对化石燃料使用的阻碍是一种新殖民主义。相反，另一种批评认为发达国家支持发展中国家的化石燃料项目是新殖民主义的剥削。本研究通过对案例研究中新殖民主义如何被引用的后结构话语分析来分析这些相互矛盾的观点。我们确定了四个不同的话语：能源安全、气候保护、发展权和不要在非洲天然气。我们研究了这些话语如何利用新殖民主义来支持他们的立场，并解决了公平地将化石燃料留在地下的地缘政治和正义复杂性。研究结果表明，对新殖民主义的细致理解可以支持LFFU的论点，倡导变革，公平和可持续的能源伙伴关系。

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Neo-colonialism and leaving fossil fuels underground: a discourse analysis of the potential German-Senegalese gas partnership

This paper explores the contested discourses surrounding a potential gas partnership between Germany and Senegal, highlighting the implications of neo-colonialism in energy politics. It addresses a gap in the LFFU literature: its limited engagement with critiques that call the Global North's discouragement of fossil fuel use a form of neo-colonialism. Conversely, another critique views developed nations' support for fossil fuel projects in the Global South as neo-colonial exploitation. This study analyses these conflicting views through a post-structural discourse analysis focused on how neo-colonialism is invoked in the case study. We identify four distinct discourses: Energy Security, Climate Protection, Right to Development, and Don't Gas Africa. We examine how these discourses employ neocolonialism to support their positions and address the geopolitical and justice complexities of equitably leaving fossil fuels underground. The findings suggest that a nuanced understanding of neo-colonialism can bolster LFFU arguments, advocating for transformative, equitable, and sustainable energy partnerships.

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Energy Research & Social Science ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES-

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14.00

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16.40%

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441

审稿时长

55 days

期刊介绍： Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS) is a peer-reviewed international journal that publishes original research and review articles examining the relationship between energy systems and society. ERSS covers a range of topics revolving around the intersection of energy technologies, fuels, and resources on one side and social processes and influences - including communities of energy users, people affected by energy production, social institutions, customs, traditions, behaviors, and policies - on the other. Put another way, ERSS investigates the social system surrounding energy technology and hardware. ERSS is relevant for energy practitioners, researchers interested in the social aspects of energy production or use, and policymakers. Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS) provides an interdisciplinary forum to discuss how social and technical issues related to energy production and consumption interact. Energy production, distribution, and consumption all have both technical and human components, and the latter involves the human causes and consequences of energy-related activities and processes as well as social structures that shape how people interact with energy systems. Energy analysis, therefore, needs to look beyond the dimensions of technology and economics to include these social and human elements.