A theory of transformative agency in linked social-ecological systems

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Westley, Frances R ^a   Tjornbo, Ola ^a   Schultz, Lisen ^b   Olsson, Per ^b   Folke, Carl ^b   Crona, Beatrice ^b   Bodin, Örjan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b STOCKHOLM RESILIENCE CENTRE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Institutional entrepreneurship; Skills; Social innovation; Transformation of linked social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INNOVATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84884925180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05072-180327     Document Type: Article

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