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governing the wind energy commons volume five Rural Studies Series Sponsored by the Rural Sociological Society Edited by Spencer D. Wood, Kansas State University volume one Rural America in a Globalizing World: Problems and Prospects for the 2010s Edited by Conner Bailey, Leif Jensen, and Elizabeth Ransom volume two California Dreaming: Boosterism, Memory, and Rural Suburbs in the Golden State Paul J. P. Sandul volume three Community Eff ects of Leadership Development Education: Citizen Empowerment for Civic Engagement Kenneth Pigg, Stephen Gasteyer, Kenneth Martin, Godwin Apaliyah, and Kari Keating volume four The Contradictions of Neoliberal Agri-Food: Corporations, Resistance, and Disasters in Japan Kae Sekine and Alessandro Bonanno governing the wind energy commons Renewable Energy and Community Development Keith A. Taylor West Virginia UniVersity Press | MorgantoWn 2019 Copyright © 2019 by West Virginia University Press All rights reserved First edition published 2019 by West Virginia University Press Printed in the United States of America ISBN Cloth 978-1-946684-84-4 Paper 978-1-946684-85-1 Ebook 978-1-946684-86-8 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress Cover design by Than Saffel / WVU Press To Rebecca, for your unending tenacity, love, and enduring support for changing the world. To my mom and grandma Betty, for shaping me to be the person I am today. To my closest friends, Josh Bright, Chris Lempa, and Jacqueline Hannah. And to my heroes, all of those who strive simply to have a meaningful, fulfilling life. co ntents ix Acknowledgments 1 introdUction 15 one Community Development and Institutional Fit 46 tWo Case Study — The Investor-Owned Wind Farm 77 three Case Study — The Cooperative-Owned Wind Farm 122 FoUr Comparing Investor- and Cooperative-Owned Firms 154 FiVe Why Not Policy from Below? 169 Abbreviations 171 Notes 177 References 191 Index Acknowledgments The book you have in your hands could not have become a reality were in not for a wonderful supporting cast of great characters working with me and supporting my work. I would like to acknowledge first and foremost the editorial staff with West Virginia University Press’s Rural Studies Series. The team has remained incredi- bly helpful and patient throughout the entire process. I have learned a great deal through this process through the communiques with the press team. I cannot thank you all enough for your patience. I would like to express my gratitude to the Rural Sociological Society, which recognized my work as a meaningful and worthy contribution, not to mention the many wonderful peer reviewers who provided input throughout the process. Additionally, I would like to thank my team of advisers at the University of Il- linois and the University of Kentucky, Stephen Gasteyer, William Sullivan, Gale Summerfield, and Patrick Mooney, who shepherded through an earlier version of this work.
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