The impact of the financial-economic crisis on sustainability transitions: Financial investment, governance and public discourse

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 67-95

  Geels, Frank W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crisis; Finance; Governance; Public attention; Sustainability transitions

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CAPITALISM; DATA ACQUISITION; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84875552651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22104224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2012.11.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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