Towards pragmatic narratives of societal engagement in the UK energy system

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 35, Issue , 2018, Pages 132-139

  Soutar, Iain ^a   Mitchell, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer; Engagement; Future; Narrative; Pragmatic; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032904296     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2017.10.041     Document Type: Article

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