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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 Schot
In 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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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

Mobilities

ISSN

1745-0101

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Issue

4

Volume

11

Page range

598 -613

Department affiliated with

  • SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications

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  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2016-11-10

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2018-05-01

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2016-11-10

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