Trojan horses in transitions: A dialectical perspective on innovation ‘capture’

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 673-691

  Pel, Bonno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Boundary objects; Capture; Dialectics; Politics; Transitions; Translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019313236     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: 15227200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2015.1090903     Document Type: Article

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