The social construction of the market for electric cars in France: Politics coming to the aid of economics

International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 326-339

  Villareal, Axel ^a  

^a Centre mile Durkheim   (France)

Author keywords

Electric car; France; French automobile market; Green politics; New marketing strategy; Political work; Politicization; Renault; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILES; MARKETING; PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ELECTRIC CARS; FRANCE; GREEN POLITICS; MARKETING STRATEGY; POLITICAL WORK; POLITICIZATION; RENAULT;

COMMERCE;

EID: 80054818712     PISSN: 14709511     EISSN: 17415012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJATM.2011.043165     Document Type: Article

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