Technologies of Discontinuation: Towards Transformative Policies - Couverture rigide

Stegmaier, Peter; Joly, Pierre-Benoît; Kuhlmann, Stefan; Johnstone, Phillip; Stirling, Andrew; Barbier, Marc

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1802204865 ISBN 13 : 9781802204865

Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2026

Synopsis

Technologies of Discontinuation examines how governments and other decision-makers can manage the phase-out of unsustainable technologies and systems. Providing helpful strategies and pathways, expert authors shed light on how the discontinuation of an incumbent regime can be governed in practice.

Employing comparative case studies, the authors identify recurring patterns, strategies and challenges in discontinuation processes. While innovation policy often focuses on supporting new solutions, they argue that effective transformation also requires deliberately ending harmful or obsolete socio-technical regimes. Chapters demonstrate how political leadership, regulatory frameworks and stakeholder mobilisation shape outcomes, and highlight how resistance and setbacks can be managed. The book concludes by emphasizing that discontinuation is not accidental or market-driven, but a governable process.

Scholars and students of science and technology studies, and innovation will find the insights into sustainable transitions and transformative innovation policy invaluable. Policymakers and practitioners seeking to design credible transition strategies will also benefit from this comprehensive guide.

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À propos de l'auteur

Peter Stegmaier, Assistant Professor, Department of Technology, Policy and Society, Knowledge, Transformation and Society (KiTeS) section, University of Twente, the Netherlands, Pierre-Benoît Joly, Directeur de recherche, National Institute of Research for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), and Chair of the INRAE Center Occitanie-Toulouse, France, Stefan Kuhlmann, Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology and Society, University of Twente, the Netherlands, Philip Johnstone, Visiting Professor, University of Tartu, Estonia, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands and Visiting Fellow, University of Sussex, UK, Andrew Stirling, Professor Emeritus of Science and Technology Policy, Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex, UK and Marc Barbier, Research Director, the National Institute of Research for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), France

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1802204865
• ISBN 13: 9781802204865
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 260
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible