Central European attitudes towards Chinese energy investments: The cases of Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030142151630502X?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030142151630502X?via%3Dihub</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2016.09.035" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.enpol.2016.09.035</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Central European attitudes towards Chinese energy investments: The cases of Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This article builds on Europe-wide knowledge of EU-China energy investment relations and discusses the cases of three Central European countries' attitudes towards Chinese energy investments. It focuses on how Chinese investments are perceived compared to investments from other countries, and how the energy sector is perceived compared to other sectors. Media analysis, interviews with experts, and semi structured questionnaires were used as data sources. It was discovered that these three countries dislike foreign control over strategic assets and Chinese energy investments are seen as falling into this category. The discourse frames on the general level fluctuate between beneficial and threatening at both the political and economic levels, yet the benefits are seen as greater than any potential threats in all three countries. Energy security frames are only just beginning to be discussed within national discourses about Chinese energy investments. In Poland, the Chinese presence in the energy sector is framed as an issue of availability, affordability, and efficiency, and is related to Polish plans for maximizing efficient use of local coal resources. In the Czech Republic and Slovakia, China is often perceived ideologically and only the energy frame of environmental stewardship is present in a minor way.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Central European attitudes towards Chinese energy investments: The cases of Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku anglicky

This article builds on Europe-wide knowledge of EU-China energy investment relations and discusses the cases of three Central European countries' attitudes towards Chinese energy investments. It focuses on how Chinese investments are perceived compared to investments from other countries, and how the energy sector is perceived compared to other sectors. Media analysis, interviews with experts, and semi structured questionnaires were used as data sources. It was discovered that these three countries dislike foreign control over strategic assets and Chinese energy investments are seen as falling into this category. The discourse frames on the general level fluctuate between beneficial and threatening at both the political and economic levels, yet the benefits are seen as greater than any potential threats in all three countries. Energy security frames are only just beginning to be discussed within national discourses about Chinese energy investments. In Poland, the Chinese presence in the energy sector is framed as an issue of availability, affordability, and efficiency, and is related to Polish plans for maximizing efficient use of local coal resources. In the Czech Republic and Slovakia, China is often perceived ideologically and only the energy frame of environmental stewardship is present in a minor way.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Energy Policy

ISSN

0301-4215

e-ISSN

1873-6777

Svazek periodika

101

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

February 2017

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

711-722

Kód UT WoS článku

000392768800069

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85010644710