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Biofuel developments in Sweden and the Netherlands: Protection and socio-technical change in a long-term perspective

✍ Scribed by Johanna H. Ulmanen; Geert P.J. Verbong; Rob P.J.M. Raven

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Weight: 200 KB
Volume: 13
Category: Article
ISSN: 1364-0321
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2008.10.001

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✦ Synopsis

This paper reviews long-term development of biofuels in Sweden and the Netherlands. In particular this paper explores the social dynamics of 'niche protection'. The Swedish and Dutch cases are analyzed by means of the Strategic Niche Management (SNM) perspective extended with insights from political science. Our main argument is that the development of biofuels and the way this development is protected relies on a variety of actor strategies and (local and global) discourses. This case therefore suggests that policy making for biofuels is a complex and non-linear process that can only partly be managed by policy actors.

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