Narrating expectations for the circular economy: Towards a common and contested European transition

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 31, Issue , 2017, Pages 60-69

  Lazarevic, David ^a,b   Valve, Helena ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Circular economy; Expectations; Narratives; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019359031     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2017.05.006     Document Type: Article

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