Strategy for Sustainability Transitions

Kristof Van Assche, Raoul Beunen and Monica Gruezmacher

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Abstract: In this innovative work, Kristof Van Assche, Raoul Beunen and Monica Gruezmacher analyse the challenges and possibilities of sustainability transitions, presenting the dilemmas facing the path to sustainable communities and societies, as well as proposing creative solutions. The authors deploy evolutionary governance theory as a conceptual framing for transition strategy, highlighting the importance of understanding governance and community strategy in any potential response to environmental crises.

Keywords: Business and Management; Development Studies; Environment; Geography; Politics and Public Policy Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
ISBN: 9781035323999
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction: transitions, Grand Challenges and big promises , pp 1-16

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Ch 2 Basic concepts for transition mapping: governance and its actors , pp 17-41

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Ch 3 Basic concepts for transition mapping: institutions , pp 42-69

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Ch 4 Governance paths as history and infrastructure for transition , pp 70-86

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Ch 5 The realm of discourse: stories and concepts in governance and community , pp 87-107

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Ch 6 Power and knowledge in governance: enabling, structuring and hindering transitions , pp 108-122

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Ch 7 Rigidities in governance and transition: dependencies , pp 123-151

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Ch 8 Flexibility and change: finding a balance in governance and transition , pp 152-184

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Ch 9 Looking forward and back: building futures and encoding pasts in governance , pp 185-199

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Ch 10 Strategy in governance: communities and their futures reimagined and reconstructed , pp 200-222

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Ch 11 Transitions reconsidered: navigating dilemmas, negotiating futures, affecting identities , pp 223-252

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Ch 12 If people don’t like it: resistance, backlash and counterstrategy , pp 253-266

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Ch 13 Good governance as a precondition and goal in sustainability transitions , pp 267-292

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Ch 14 Conclusion: strategy in governance for transition , pp 293-300

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