ABSTRACT Research has shown how the NIMBY explanation for local opposition to energy infrastructures has made its way into the discourses of developers, policy makers, the media and active protesters. However, few studies have explored how community members draw on discourses of NIMBYism to interpret and negotiate responses to local energy proposals. We address this gap drawing on qualitative data from two UK case studies. Analyses show that NIMBY, as a representation of objection, is both widespread and polysemic. Aside from providing a means to talk about space, NIMBY is sometimes rejected by discourses positioning publics as custodians of valued landscapes. In other instances, it is assumed to be a normative and legitimate way for participants to decide what is best for them in a neo-liberal society. The findings reinforce the importance of examining socio-cultural dimensions of social acceptance, specifically representations of community responses to infrastructures as political devices in local siting disputes, and publics as reflexive actors.

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使用 NIMBY 修辞作为政治资源来协商对当地能源基础设施的反应：电力线案例研究

摘要 研究表明，当地反对能源基础设施的 NIMBY 解释如何进入开发商、政策制定者、媒体和积极抗议者的话语中。然而，很少有研究探讨社区成员如何利用邻避主义的话语来解释和协商对当地能源提案的回应。我们利用来自两个英国案例研究的定性数据解决了这一差距。分析表明，作为反对的代表，NIMBY 既广泛又多义。除了提供一种谈论空间的方式之外，NIMBY 有时会被将公众定位为有价值景观的监护人的话语所拒绝。在其他情况下，它被假定为参与者在新自由主义社会中决定什么对他们最有利的规范和合法方式。