Regime Resistance against Low-Carbon Transitions: Introducing Politics and Power into the Multi-Level Perspective

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 21-40

  Geels, Frank W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change; electricity; incumbent regimes; resistance; transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907085137     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: 14603616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276414531627     Document Type: Article

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