The discontinuation of socio-technical systems as a governance problem

The Governance of Socio-Technical Systems: Explaining Change

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 111-131

  Stegmaier, Peter ^a,b   Kuhlmann, Stefan ^a   Visser, Vincent R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84959165043     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781784710194.00015     Document Type: Chapter

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