The economic crisis as a game changer? Exploring the role of social construction in sustainability transitions

Ecology and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Loorbach, Derk ^a   Avelino, Flor ^a   Haxeltine, Alex ^b   Wittmayer, Julia M ^a   O'Riordan, Tim ^b   Weaver, Paul ^c,d   Kemp, René ^c,e  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNU MERIT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Economic crisis; Game changers; Narratives of change; Practices of change

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC THEORY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SUSTAINABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 85008149984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-08761-210415     Document Type: Article

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