Imposed transitions and territorial backlash: onshore wind, regional development and far-right voting in France

Sébastien Bourdin () and Martin Faulques ()
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Sébastien Bourdin: LEM - Lille économie management - UMR 9221 - UA - Université d'Artois - UCL - Université catholique de Lille - ULCO - Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Martin Faulques: AMURE - Aménagement des Usages des Ressources et des Espaces marins et littoraux - Centre de droit et d'économie de la mer - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - IFREMER - Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer - UBO EPE - Université de Brest - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Abstract This article examines whether onshore wind deployment is associated with far-right voting across French municipalities and how this relationship varies across project stages and neighbouring territories. We combine a panel of 34,448 municipalities over the 2007–2022 presidential cycles with the official register of wind projects. Far-right vote share rises around the permit stage, remains elevated through construction and operation and follows a territorial gradient, with stronger associations in host municipalities. Deposit-only projects show a short-lived increase that fades. Through territorial environmental justice, the findings show how transition infrastructures can become electorally consequential when territorial implementation is uneven.

Keywords: Wind power; Territorial environmental justice; Far-right voting; Difference- in-Differences; France (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-09-22
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Published in Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2026, ⟨10.1093/cjres/rsag039⟩

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DOI: 10.1093/cjres/rsag039

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