A dramaturgy of critical moments in transition: Understanding the dynamics of conflict in socio-political change

Yuana, Suci Lestari; Sengers, Frans; Boon, Wouter; Hajer, Maarten; Raven, Rob

doi:10.1016/j.eist.2020.08.009

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“…One key theme that has not received ample attention is how transitioning from one dominant socio-technical configuration to another implies, by definition, that institutional complexity is generated in a field, which then has to be settled through both organizational and system-level change processes. Improving our understanding of what happens in prolonged phases of institutional complexity in a transition process could help address fundamental questions around how niche-regime interactions play out, why transitions succeed in some instances, while they fail in others, or how actors may pro-actively reconcile incompatible cultural demands in 'hot' phases of contestation (Rosenbloom and Rinscheid, 2020;Yuana et al, 2020).…”

Section: Transitions From An Institutional Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

Navigating institutional complexity in socio-technical transitions

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Binz

2021

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

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Section: Transitions From An Institutional Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

Navigating institutional complexity in socio-technical transitions

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Binz

2021

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

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“…A critical moment is a particular time and place where different discourses clash with each other. As a result of these clashes, some of them are challenged and consequently dislocated or unhinged, which, potentially, allows for the shift to a new order of discourse [29,30]. This is a situation typical of conflicts, and these in turn are inevitable in transitions [30].…”

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“…As a result of these clashes, some of them are challenged and consequently dislocated or unhinged, which, potentially, allows for the shift to a new order of discourse [29,30]. This is a situation typical of conflicts, and these in turn are inevitable in transitions [30]. CDA, on the other hand, is one of the methods that due to the nature of socio-technical transition is used in transition studies [13].…”

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“…CDA, on the other hand, is one of the methods that due to the nature of socio-technical transition is used in transition studies [13]. This is how, for example, regime dynamics in the Dutch energy transition [31], the introduction of digital ride-sharing platforms in Indonesia [30], discourses as one of the forms of power [32], solar transition in the U.S. [33], the history of American railroads [34] and others have been studied [35,36]. The use of CDA in the study of socio-technological transitions is primarily supported by the nature of the research objective.…”

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Managing the Energy Transition through Discourse. The Case of Poland

Krzywda

Androniceanu

2021

Energies

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Since energy transition has become a necessity, many countries are developing decarbonization plans and looking for ways to reduce CO2 emissions. The process takes different forms, most often being affected by local conditions, which means that it takes place in each country differently, due to the country’s social and economic specifics. One of the countries that has just started its energy transition process is Poland. The case of Poland is extremely interesting, as it is a country whose economy is still heavily dependent on coal and there are very strong traditions related to this particular source of energy. On the other hand, Poland has two very good reasons to move away from coal. The complexity and comprehensiveness of the energy transition results, among other things, from the diversity of actors involved in this issue and the multiplicity of their, often conflicting, interests. Using a critical discourse analysis, this paper attempts to show how those actors attempt to shape the transition through the discourses which they generate. The study covers the media discourse that took place in Poland between September 2020 and May 2021, i.e., a time when the Polish government negotiated with representatives of the miners’ trade unions the terms of Poland’s transition from coal. A critical analysis of the texts that appeared in the media during this time provides a picture of how different groups of social actors perceive the transition and how they try to manage that process.

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“…This is because conflict is regarded as a static barrier that needs to be overcome to engineer technology acceptance. However, controversies are dynamic , popping up again and again during a transition (Yuana et al 2020 ). What is more, controversies are particularly intractable to resolution approaches such as providing information about rational benefits or negotiation (Schön and Rein 1994 ; Hisschemöller and Hoppe 1995 ; Van Eeten 1999 ).…”

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Conceptualizing controversies in the EU circular bioeconomy transition

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Metze

Candel

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Ambio

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The transition towards a circular bioeconomy (CBE) in the European Union is not without contestation. In particular, research has highlighted potential trade-offs of the large-scale production of bio-resources, for instance with environmental quality goals. To date, however, it remains underexplored in the CBE literature how controversies develop throughout a transition process. To address this gap, this paper explores where controversies are situated in a transition, how they change throughout, and how they influence the transition process. First, we suggest that controversies can be situated on and between different system layers within a transition. Second, we offer an explanation of how controversies evolve, as actors confirm, integrate, disintegrate and polarize underlying storylines. Third, these controversies can have both productive and unproductive outcomes while they unfold throughout a transition. We illustrate this understanding with the example of biorefineries as CBE key technology and discuss a research agenda on controversies in sustainability transitions.

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A dramaturgy of critical moments in transition: Understanding the dynamics of conflict in socio-political change

Cited by 38 publications

References 47 publications

Navigating institutional complexity in socio-technical transitions

Navigating institutional complexity in socio-technical transitions

Managing the Energy Transition through Discourse. The Case of Poland

Conceptualizing controversies in the EU circular bioeconomy transition

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