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User-made immobilities: a transitions perspective
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posted on 2023-06-09, 03:56 authored by Laur Kanger, Johan SchotIn this paper we aim to conceptualize the role of users in creating, expanding and stabilizing the automobility system. Drawing on transition studies we offer a typology of user roles including user-producers, user-legitimators, user-intermediaries, user-citizens and user-consumers, and explore it on the historical transition to the automobile regime in the USA. We find that users play an important role during the entire transition process, but some roles are more salient than others in particular phases. Another finding is that the success of the transition depends on the stabilization of the emerging regime that will trigger upscaling in terms of the numbers of adopters. The findings are used to reflect on potential crossovers between transitions and mobilities research.
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MobilitiesISSN
1745-0101Publisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
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4Volume
11Page range
598 -613Department affiliated with
- SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications
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2016-11-10First Open Access (FOA) Date
2018-05-01First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2016-11-10Usage metrics
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