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abstract: 'India is undergoing a rapid transition to renewable energy; the Gujarat
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Solar Park typifies this transition. In addition to mitigating climate
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change, the Gujarat Solar Park boasts female empowerment through social
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development schemes. This manuscript is inspired by the following
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research question: To what extent are gender positive'' processes and
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projects associated with solar development in India realized on the
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ground? Utilizing mixed methods fieldwork and drawing on literature from
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feminist political ecology, this paper demonstrates how the modalities
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of solar park development represent an antinomy of a nature-society
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relation. New configurations of labor under the political economy of
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solar have produced a gendered surplus population of landless peasants
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who are not absorbed into wage-labor employment in the solar park.
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Further, associated social development schemes actually disempower
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women, despite mandates of `gender positive'' outcomes by UN-based
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climate treaties to which this project is beholden. The opportunity to
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participate in one such scheme for female empowerment was reserved for
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only women of middle-to-high class status and those of dominant castes,
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thereby reproducing class and caste-based social power asymmetries.
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Female (dis)empowerment eclipses `gender positive'' guarantees of the
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solar park. This study highlights some unintended consequences of
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sustainable energy transitions in the Global South at the local scale.
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Designing development interventions related to climate change mitigation
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that boast `gender positive'' outcomes must be careful not to exacerbate
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gender disparities and economic exclusion in rural areas. (C) 2020
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Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.'
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affiliation: 'Stock, R (Corresponding Author), Northern Michigan Univ, Dept Earth
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Environm \& Geog Sci, 1401 Presque Isle Ave, Marquette, MI 49855 USA.
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Stock, Ryan, Northern Michigan Univ, Dept Earth Environm \& Geog Sci, 1401 Presque
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Isle Ave, Marquette, MI 49855 USA.'
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article-number: '105196'
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author: Stock, Ryan
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author-email: rystock@nmu.edu
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author_list:
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- family: Stock
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given: Ryan
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105196
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eissn: 1873-5991
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files: []
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issn: 0305-750X
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journal: WORLD DEVELOPMENT
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keywords: 'Energy transition; Solar park; Antinomy; Feminist political ecology;
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Gender; Intersectionality'
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keywords-plus: 'CLIMATE-CHANGE ADAPTATION; POLITICAL ECOLOGY; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY;
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VULNERABILITY; GEOGRAPHIES; COMMUNITY; POWER; TRANSITIONS; DYNAMICS'
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language: English
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month: FEB
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number-of-cited-references: '98'
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papis_id: e361f6f294f88c9e5ea6712ba23fe404
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ref: Stock2021brightnight
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times-cited: '16'
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title: 'Bright as night: Illuminating the antinomies of `gender positive'' solar development'
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type: Article
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unique-id: WOS:000601162800039
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usage-count-last-180-days: '5'
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usage-count-since-2013: '18'
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volume: '138'
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web-of-science-categories: Development Studies; Economics
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year: '2021'
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