“I want to, but I lack desire”: The green energy transition caught between expectations and possibilities

In this article, I present results of a nationally representative survey on attitudes toward the Green transition in Bulgaria, which we conducted in 2023 as part of the project “Public Capacity for a Just Green Transition” (KП-06 Н55/13). The survey focuses on four groups of questions concerning cl...

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Main Author: Jana Tsoneva
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities - Skopje 2025-06-01
Series:Identities
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Online Access:https://identitiesjournal.edu.mk/index.php/IJPGC/article/view/582
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Summary:In this article, I present results of a nationally representative survey on attitudes toward the Green transition in Bulgaria, which we conducted in 2023 as part of the project “Public Capacity for a Just Green Transition” (KП-06 Н55/13). The survey focuses on four groups of questions concerning climate change, social justice, expectations from the new transition, and the public agenda. Based on these, I draw predominantly pessimistic conclusions about both the Green transition and the transition to liberal democracy preceding it, showing how the experience of the latter inevitably colors the former. I analyze the gap between possibilities and expectations for the new transition with reference to Jacques Lacan’s theorizing about the difference between need/demand and desire.  
ISSN:1409-9268
1857-8616