Energy and Society

Energy is a crucial social variable and has sporadically been of interest to sociologists. Recent world events and trends have revived interest and concern. This review traces key themes and arguments in the sociology of energy and critically evaluates the literature. The discussion is organized into four sections: energetic theories of society, macrosociology of energy, microsociology of energy, and energy policy and other special topics. A concluding section assesses the state of the field and speculates on its future directions.

[1]  Elliot Aronson,et al.  A social psychological perspective on energy conservation in residential buildings. , 1983 .

[2]  A. Lichtenberg,et al.  Energy and Well-Being. , 1972 .

[3]  E L Cook,et al.  The flow of energy in an industrial society. , 1971, Scientific American.

[4]  R L Hirsch.  Impending United States Energy Crisis , 1987, Science.

[5]  F. Soddy.  Matter And Energy , 1912 .

[6]  Thomas A. Heberlein,et al.  The influence of price and attitude on shifting residential electricity consumption from on- to off-peak periods , 1983 .

[7]  W. Ostwald.  Energetische Grundlagen Der Kulturwissenschaft , 1909 .

[8]  E. Rosa,et al.  ENERGY, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE: A CROSS-NATIONAL TREND ANALYSIS , 1981 .

[9]  M. Olsen,et al.  Consumers' Attitudes Toward Energy Conservation , 1981 .

[10]  Elliot Aronson,et al.  Energy use: the human dimension , 1986 .

[11]  Jan A. J. Stolwijk,et al.  Risk and Benefit Perceptions, Acceptability Judgments, and Self-Reported Actions toward Nuclear Power , 1982 .

[12]  L. White,et al.  ENERGY AND THE EVOLUTION OF CULTURE , 1943 .

[13]  Freeman J. Dyson,et al.  Energy and power , 1971 .

[14]  L. Mumford.  Technics and Civilization , 1934, Nature.

[15]  N. Georgescu-Roegen.  Energy and Economic Myths , 1975 .

[16]  R. Dunlap,et al.  HARD‐PATH VERSUS SOFT‐PATH ADVOCATES: A STUDY OF ENERGY ACTIVISTS , 1984 .

[17]  G. Shippee.  Energy consumption and conservation psychology: A review and conceptual analysis , 1980 .

[18]  Dorothy Nelkin,et al.  THE EVOLUTION OF THE NUCLEAR DEBATE: THE ROLE OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION* , 1978 .

[19]  Sister Mechtraud join,et al.  Energy and Society , 1956 .

[20]  W. Freudenburg.  BOOMTOWN'S YOUTH: THE DIFFERENTIAL IMPACTS OF RAPID COMMUNITY GROWTH ON ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS* , 1984 .

[21]  R. Sonderegger.  MOVERS AND STAYERS: THE RESIDENT'S CONTRIBUTION TO VARIATION ACROSS HOUSES IN ENERGY CONSUMPTION FOR SPACE HEATING , 1978 .

[22]  F. Leistritz,et al.  Energy Development in the Western United States: Impact on Rural Areas , 1979 .

[23]  W. Freudenburg.  Social Impact Assessment , 2019, Rural Society in the U.S.: Issues for the 1980s.

[24]  Thomas Dietz,et al.  Evaluation of a community-Based electricity load management program , 1983 .

[25]  L. White,et al.  Economics and the Social Sciences: The Evolution of Culture. The Development of Civilization to the Fall of Rome , 1959 .

[26]  C. T. Unseld,et al.  Public Opinion About Energy , 1980 .

[27]  Bruce Hackett,et al.  Energy Conservation and Rural Alternative Lifestyles , 1980 .

[28]  Edward J. Walsh,et al.  Social Movement Involvement in the Wake of a Nuclear Accident: Activists and Free Riders in the TMI Area , 1983 .

[29]  Geddes.  Civics: As Applied Sociology. , 1904 .

[30]  R. Rappaport.  Pigs for the Ancestors: Ritual in the Ecology of a New Guinea People , 1971 .

[31]  R. Socolow.  Saving energy in the home : Princeton's experiments at Twin Rivers , 1978 .

[32]  Don A. Dillman,et al.  Lifestyle and home energy conservation in the United States: the poor accept lifestyle cutbacks while the wealthy invest in conservation , 1983 .

[33]  D. Orr.  U.S. Energy Policy and the Political Economy of Participation , 1979, The Journal of Politics.

[34]  E. Aronson,et al.  The Effectiveness of Incentives for Residential Energy Conservation , 1986 .

[35]  T. Rudel.  Social responses to commodity shortages: The 1973–1974 gasoline crisis , 1980 .

[36]  F. Buttel.  Social structure and energy efficiency: A preliminary cross-national analysis , 1978 .

[37]  S. Barkan.  Strategic, Tactical and Organizational Dilemmas of the Protest Movement Against Nuclear Power , 1979 .

[38]  Energy Policy in the United States: Social and Behavioral Dimensions. , 1982 .

[39]  G. Summers,et al.  Economic Development and Community Social Change , 1984 .

[40]  Allan Schnaiberg,et al.  The Environment: From Surplus to Scarcity , 1980 .

[41]  N. Georgescu-Roegen.  The Entropy Law and the Economic Process , 1973 .

[42]  Dorothy Nelkin,et al.  Technological decisions and democracy : European experiments in public participation , 1977 .

[43]  T. Carver.  The economy of human energy , 1924 .

[44]  L. Nader,et al.  Energy as it Relates to the Quality and Style of Life , 1978 .

[45]  P. Stern,et al.  Personal and contextual influences on househould energy adaptations. , 1985 .

[46]  Baruch Fischhoff,et al.  Perception and Acceptability of Risk from Energy Systems , 1981 .

[47]  J. Gilmore,et al.  Boom towns may hinder energy resource development. , 1976, Science.

[48]  William R. Freudenburg,et al.  Public Reactions to Nuclear Power: Are There Critical Masses? , 1986 .

[49]  David L. Sills.  Nuclear energy: Public controversies and the analysis of risks , 1984 .

[50]  W. B. Kemp.  The flow of energy in a hunting society. , 1971, Scientific American.

[51]  Edward J. Walsh,et al.  RESOURCE MOBILIZATION AND CITIZEN PROTEST IN COMMUNITIES AROUND THREE MILE ISLAND , 1981 .

[52]  David A. Deese,et al.  Our Energy; Regaining Control , 1981 .

[53]  Evan Vlachos,et al.  The dynamics of technical controversy , 1981 .

[54]  Thomas Dietz,et al.  Energy impacts of a municipal conservation policy , 1982 .