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The transitions discourse in Dutch energy policy: reinvigorating ecological modernisation?

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posted on 2023-06-08, 20:26 authored by Adrian SmithAdrian Smith, Florian Kern
The rise of a transitions discourse in Dutch environmental policy is analysed. This new approach to environmental policy seeks radically more sustainable socio-technical systems. As such, its agenda constitutes the latest twist in attempts at ecological modernisation, aiming to decouple economic growth from harmful environmental degradation. The coalescence and influence of a transitions discourse coalition, which has helped shape national environmental policy planning in recent years, is contextualised and analysed. Its limited success in institutionalising procedures for structural change in the energy domain suggests ecological modernisation remains elusive.

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Publication status

  • Published

Page range

1-22

Presentation Type

  • paper

Event name

7th International Summer Academy on Technology Studies: "Transforming the Energy System: The Role of Institutions, Interests & Ideas"

Event location

Deutschlandsberg, Austria

Event type

conference

Event date

August 27-31, 2007

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  • SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2015-03-26

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