Ideas, institutions, and interests: Explaining policy divergence in fostering 'system innovations' towards sustainability

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1116-1134

  Kern, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; INNOVATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; STATE ROLE;

NETHERLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 82855169109     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c1142     Document Type: Article

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