Energy and communities in transition - Towards a new research agenda on agency and civil society in sustainability transitions

Working Paper - Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment

Volumn , Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-21

  Seyfang, Gill ^a   Haxeltine, Alex ^a   Hargreaves, Tom ^a   Longhurst, Noel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78649628601     PISSN: 09678875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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