The ordering of green values: ecological justification in public fracking controversies in Germany and Poland

  • The article presents a comparative study of shale gas media debates in Germany and Poland. Drawing from the Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse (SKAD), it addresses discursive conflicts over the use of hydraulic fracturing and its environmental impacts in both countries. The authors relate their analysis to the theoretical debate that emerged in the 1990s in French sociology concerning the question of “green justifications” that form a specific way of how social actors intervene, dispute, and build compromises in public discussions to protect non-human entities. Referring to these discussions, this article identifies several ecological justification clusters and the associated social actors that are ‘compromised’ or enclosed in existing orders of worth.

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Author:Claudia FoltynORCiDGND, Reiner KellerORCiDGND, Matthias S. Klaes
URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:384-opus4-1018102
Frontdoor URLhttps://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/101810
ISSN:1558-6073OPAC
ISSN:1558-5468OPAC
Parent Title (English):Nature and Culture
Publisher:Berghahn Books
Type:Article
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2023
Publishing Institution:Universität Augsburg
Release Date:2023/02/08
Tag:General Social Sciences
Volume:18
Issue:1
First Page:88
Last Page:125
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3167/nc.2023.180105
Institutes:Philosophisch-Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Philosophisch-Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
Philosophisch-Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Sozialwissenschaften / Soziologie
Philosophisch-Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Sozialwissenschaften / Soziologie / Lehrstuhl für Soziologie
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 30 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie / 300 Sozialwissenschaften
Licence (German):CC-BY 4.0: Creative Commons: Namensnennung (mit Print on Demand)