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Participatory Organizations as Infrastructures of Sustainability? The Case of Energy Cooperatives and Their Ways for Increasing Influence
Partizipative Organisationen als Infrastrukturen der Nachhaltigkeit? Energiegenossenschaften und ihre Möglichkeiten Einfluss zu gewinnen
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Abstract This article sheds light on the organizational dimensions of infrastructures of sustainability. We employ the case of energy cooperatives, which co-shape the new decentralized infrastructure for the supply of renewable energy, to illustrate the relevance of the organizational dimension. From a persp... mehr
This article sheds light on the organizational dimensions of infrastructures of sustainability. We employ the case of energy cooperatives, which co-shape the new decentralized infrastructure for the supply of renewable energy, to illustrate the relevance of the organizational dimension. From a perspective of the sociology of organizations, we argue in the first part of the article that energy cooperatives advance radical imaginaries and innovative practices of sustainability because they are "unconventional organizations" characterized by participatory structures. Their participatory makeup integrates different social groups and concerns in their decision-making processes and enables them to combine economic, social, and ecological aims. Given that participatory arrangements are often associated with small organizational size but need to be scalable, the second part of the article explores how energy cooperatives can extend their sustainable practices, thereby strengthening their role as infrastructures of sustainability. We identify organizational networks, digital platforms, and symbolic influence as organizational ways to expand the sustainability imaginaries of cooperatives.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Nachhaltigkeit; Organisationen; Infrastruktur; Energieversorgung; erneuerbare Energie; Dezentralisation; Genossenschaft; Partizipation; Entscheidungsfindung; Netzwerk
Klassifikation
Organisationssoziologie, Militärsoziologie
Ökologie und Umwelt
Freie Schlagwörter
environmental decision-making; sustainable innovation; energy cooperatives; sociology of organizations; Digital Platforms
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2022
Seitenangabe
S. 91-113
Zeitschriftentitel
Historical Social Research, 47 (2022) 4
Heftthema
Ruptures, Transformations, Continuities: Rethinking Infrastructures and Ecology
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)