Contents -- FIGURES & TABLES 11 -- ACRONYMS 13 -- CHAPTER I GOVERNANCE FAILURE - MARKET FAILURE? SPATIAL VARIATIONS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY DEPLOYMENT 15 -- I.1 Setting the Context for Renewable Energy Governance 16 -- I.1.1 Climate Change and Development Dilemmas 16 -- I.1.2 Renewable Energies for Sustainable Development 18 -- I.2 Realities of Renewable Energy and Governance 20 -- I.2.1 Spatial Variations - The Research Puzzle 20 -- I.2.2 Governance of Renewable Energy 23 -- I.3 Researching Renewable Energy Governance in Developing Countries 25 -- I.3.1 Methods and Methodology 25 -- I.3.2 Looking Behind the Veil - Roadmap to the Thesis 31 -- CHAPTER II INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON RENEWABLE ENERGY DEPLOYMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 35 -- II.1 Renewable Energy Deployment - The Developmental Dimension 36 -- II.1.1 Developmental Conditions - Generic Barriers to Renewable Energy Deployment 36 -- II.1.2 Developmental Conditions Matter? - Development Economics 37 -- II.2 Renewable Energy Deployment - The Policy Dimension 39 -- II.2.1 Policy Conditions - Policy and Regulatory Barriers to Renewable Energy Deployment 40 -- II.2.2 Politics Matters? - New Institutionalist Approaches 42 -- II.3 Renewable Energy Deployment - The Economic Dimension 49 -- II.3.1 Economic Conditions - Techno-Economic Obstacles to Renewable Energy Deployment 49 -- II.3.2 Economics Matter? - Economic Geography and Spatial Economics 52 -- II.4 Renewable Energy Deployment - The External Dimension 54 -- II.4.1 External Conditions - Stimuli to Overcome Internal Barriers 55 -- II.4.2 External Stimuli Matter? - International Policy Diffusion and New Modes of Governance 57 -- II.5 Analytical Framework for Renewable Energy Deployment 61 -- CHAPTER III DRIVERS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY DEPLOYMENT IN INDIA - APPROACHING THE EMPIRICS STAGE I 65.

III.1 Multilevel Perspectives on Wind Energy 65 -- III.2 Analysing Wind Energy Determinants in India 76 -- III.2.1 Socio-Economic Requirements for Wind Energy Deployment 77 -- III.2.2 Policy Determinants for Wind Energy Deployment 82 -- III.2.3 Economic Conditions for Wind Energy Deployment 89 -- III.2.4 External Stimuli for Wind Energy Deployment 98 -- III.3 Synopsis of Main Findings and Implications 103 -- CHAPTER IV EXPLAINING RENEWABLE ENERGY GOVERNANCE IN THE FRAMEWORK OF SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES 107 -- IV.1 Who Governs? - Stakeholder Characteristics in the Light of Organisational Studies 109 -- IV.2 How is Governed? - Stakeholder Relations and New Economic Sociology 117 -- IV.3 Stakeholder Networks in the Governance Framework - Tackling the Puzzle 129 -- IV.4 Explanatory Model for Wind Energy Deployment in India 134 -- CHAPTER V CONDITIONS FOR WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN TAMIL NADU AND KERALA: DEEP DIVE INTO THE EMPIRICS STAGE II 143 -- V.I Wind Energy Deployment in Tamil Nadu - The Indian Success Story 144 -- V.1.1 Who Governs?: Actors' Attributes in Stakeholder Networks 145 -- V.1.2 How is Renewable Energy Governed?: Actors' Relations in Stakeholder Networks 160 -- V.1.3 Governing Renewable Energy: Stakeholder Networks in Tamil Nadu 168 -- V.2 Wind Energy Deployment in Kerala - India's Lost Case? 170 -- V.2.1 Who Governs?: Actors' Attributes in Stakeholder Networks 171 -- V.2.2 How is Renewable Energy Governed?: Actors' Relations in Stakeholder Networks 184 -- V.2.3 Renewable Energy Governance: Stakeholder Networks in Kerala 191 -- V.3 Wind Energy Deployment in India - Results and Implications 194 -- V.3.1 Contrasting Determinants of Wind Energy Deployment in Tamil Nadu and Kerala 194 -- V.3.2 Tracing the Process of Wind Energy Deployment in Tamil Nadu and Kerala 197.

CHAPTER VI TURNING WIND INTO POWER - EFFECTIVE RENEWABLE ENERGY GOVERNANCE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 205 -- VI.1 Stakeholder Network Effects - Theory Implications 206 -- VI.1.1 Who Governs? Governance Actors in Stakeholder Networks 207 -- VI.1.2 How is Governed? Governance Agency in Stakeholder Networks 213 -- VI.1.3 Why Governance? Power of Renewable Energy Stakeholder Networks 220 -- VI.2 Empirical Implications of Stakeholder Networks 231 -- VI.2.1 External Stimuli for Renewable Energy Governance 231 -- VI.2.2 New Modes of Governance and Stakeholder Networks 236 -- CHAPTER VII CONCLUSIONS - BEYOND STAKEHOLDER NETWORKS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY GOVERNANCE 245 -- APPENDIX 255 -- ANNEX I: List of Interview Partners 255 -- ANNEX II: Sample Interview Guideline 257 -- ANNEX III: Sample Stakeholder Network Map 260 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY & SECONDARY SOURCES 261.