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Transities in beeld: Een verdere verkenning naar de patronen van weerstand en actie in transities
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ECN
Policy Studies
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1-12-2003
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ECN-C--03-119
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ECN publication
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64
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Abstract:
This report deals with an explorational study of mechanisms and patternsof resistance in transition processes in order to contribute to the
advancement of policy tools for transition management. A transition
is a gradual and lengthy process (25-50 years) of change in which a
society or system changes fundamentally. Transitions often coincide
or start with the breakthrough of several radical or architectural innovations
from their niches. These innovations are innovations whose nature challenges
existing technological conventions, regulatory frameworks, and established
relations between consumers and producers. The transition here described
concerns changes in various dimensions: technological, infrastructural,
political and institutional, ecological, cultural and economic dimensions.
Several phases can be distinguished in the transition process: the predevelopment
phase, the take off phase and the acceleration and stabilisation phase.
The pos-sibilities available to transition managers (policy-makers)
to initiate, push or steer transitions differ according to the actual
phase of a transition. In addition, the possibilities to initiate, push
or steer a transition are also dependent upon the characteristics of
the existing system and differ according to the kind of resistance that
a system poses to innovations. Three Dutch transitions have been analysed:
the tractor, the telephone and the national gas network. The focus of
this study was on identifying not only the mechanisms with which these
three innovations broke through in the existing system, but also the
mechanisms with which the existing system attempted to counter the breakthrough
of the innovations. These findings have been translated into recommendation
for transition-managers and policy makers in order to contribute to
the advancement of policy tools for transition-management.
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