What's next for the European coal heartland? Exploring the future of coal as presented in German, Polish and Czech press

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F20%3A00114009" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/20:00114009 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629619303226" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629619303226</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2019.101316" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.erss.2019.101316</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
What's next for the European coal heartland? Exploring the future of coal as presented in German, Polish and Czech press
Original language description
This article addresses the future of coal in the European coal heartland, i.e. in the area of Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic, which together account for nearly 57% of coal consumption and 87% of coal-mining jobs in the EU. It approaches the problem within the interpretative tradition of social research and explores the coverage of the future of coal in major newspapers and political magazines in the three countries. The results show that despite similar material conditions, the issue is presented in a fundamentally different manner as the media tend follow the dominant energy policy paradigm in their countries: in Germany, they facilitate the phase-out policies; in Poland, they act as an inhibiting factor; while in the Czech Republic, their coverage echoes the political uncertainty around lignite mining in the northwest part of the country. The results also suggest that the media act mainly as a platform for the countries’ decision makers and energy policy stakeholders to voice their perspectives. The prevalent media coverage thus simultaneously enable and constrain policy options by promoting dominant discourses and preventing alternative views from surfacing.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50704 - Environmental sciences (social aspects)

Project
<a href="/en/project/GJ17-08554Y" target="_blank" >GJ17-08554Y: Exploring and explaining participation in local opposition: case of brown coal mining in Horní Jiřetín</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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