Unravelling the (post-)political in Transition Management: Interrogating Pathways towards Sustainable Change

Kenis, Anneleen; Bono, Federica; Mathijs, Erik

doi:10.1080/1523908x.2016.1141672

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“…Before exploring the claim that TM discourse "seems to bear the hallmark of what is considered 'post-political'" ( [12], p. 572), we note that the above claims about the post-political condition have not remained unchallenged. The shift towards the post-political is spatially divergent and is resisted in numerous spaces and times (e.g., [34][35][36]).…”

Section: Politics and The (Post-)politicalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Previous texts considering conceptualizations of TM through a post-political lens have identified various gaps that can obscure conflict, exclusions, and inequalities and increase the risk of co-optation by vested interests [30,37]. Kenis et al [12] identify five points of entry for critiquing the TM process:…”

Section: Transition Management and The Post-politicalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The TM cycle focuses on four types of practical activity-strategic, tactical, operational, and reflexive-and suggests that by better understanding 'the origin, nature and dynamics' of transition processes, actors will be able to both anticipate and adapt, with potential to influence the speed and direction of transition ( [9], p. 49). Yet, the thinking on transition has still to develop comprehensive understandings of the multiple and intersecting role(s) of power and politics of/in TM [10][11][12].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Automated Mobility Transitions: Governing Processes in the UK

Hopkins

Schwanen

2018

Sustainability

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Contemporary systems of mobility are undergoing a transition towards automation. In the UK, this transition is being led by (often new) partnerships between incumbent manufacturers and new entrants, in collaboration with national governments, local/regional councils, and research institutions. This paper first offers a framework for analyzing the governance of the transition, adapting ideas from the Transition Management (TM) perspective, and then applies the framework to ongoing automated vehicle transition dynamics in the UK. The empirical analysis suggests that the UK has adopted a reasonably comprehensive approach to the governing of automated vehicle innovation but that this approach cannot be characterized as sufficiently inclusive, democratic, diverse and open. The lack of inclusivity, democracy, diversity and openness is symptomatic of the post-political character of how the UK's automated mobility transition is being governed. The paper ends with a call for a reconfiguration of the automated vehicle transition in the UK and beyond, so that much more space is created for dissent and for reflexive and comprehensive big picture thinking on (automated) mobility futures.

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Automated Mobility Transitions: Governing Processes in the UK

Hopkins

Schwanen

2018

Sustainability

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“…Contemporary political theorists have argued that depoliticized discourses have been hegemonic over the last decades (Kenis, Bono, & Mathijs, 2016). For example in the environmental sphere, the discourses and calculation methods of carbon trading, emissions reduction from deforestation and degradation (REDD+), the Clean Development Mechanism, while all having their merits, arguably side-step value judgements relating to fungibility, sufficiency, individual voluntary responsibility and so on (e.g.…”

Section: Power Empowerment and The Peruvian Energy Transition Contextmentioning

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Building a Coalition with Depoliticized Sustainability Discourse: The Case of a Transdisciplinary Transition Management Arena in Peru

Noboa¹,

Upham²,

Heinrichs³

2019

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Transition management uses the depoliticized, rational discourse of systems terms, social learning and societal reflexivity. Transdisciplinary sustainability science research similarly uses the politically neutral terms of supporting the coproduction and integration of different types of knowledge. Yet both are clearly normative, resting on notions of participatory democracy and adopting environmental and social sustainability as explicit norms. Here we present the case of a transdisciplinary transition management arena in Peru, convened to develop a vision of a lower carbon, more decentralized and resilient national energy system. We show how the characteristics of the arena can help to foster the necessary conditions for empowerment and how these in turn both support – and are supported by - the ability of participants from different backgrounds generate shared problem statements, visions and strategies, building towards a coalition for change. While it remains to be seen how politically influential such arenas can be in the medium and long term, we show that depoliticized, rational sustainability discourse nonetheless has a political role to play in helping to legitimize informal institutional efforts towards energy policy change. Highlights Transition management and transdisciplinary sustainability science rationales are complementary These rationales are integrated in a Transdisciplinary Transition Management Arena (TTMA) framework The TTMA is applied with Peruvian energy system stakeholders holding marginalised views on energy futures A vision for a low carbon Peru is developed that emphasises the inclusion of distributed renewables The TTMA is assessed in terms of its capacity to support conditions for the empowerment of marginalised policy stakeholders

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“…Many of these accounts emphasise reflexivity [4], societal participation and discourse [5] and democratic processes [6]. Note: data are rounded.…”

Section: Transitions and Institutionsmentioning

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China as a Low-Carbon Energy Leader: Successes and Limitations

Andrews‐Speed

Zhang

2018

jaes

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China has come to be seen as a global clean energy champion on account of its success in building the world's largest fleet of renewable energy -wind power and solar photovoltaics (PV), as well as hydro-electricity. In addition, it has become a major player in international renewable energy markets. In other words, it has shown a remarkable ability to adapt to environmental challenges and market opportunities. In this way, China provides a counter-example to the neo-institutional argument that limited-access social orders possess less adaptive capacity than open-access orders. This paper briefly examines the central government's efforts to promote the manufacture and installation of renewable energy capacity and the consumption of renewable energy since 2005, with a focus on wind power and solar PV. The strategies that have underpinned this success have relied on the deployment of massive political and financial capital, as well as the availability of human capital. Nevertheless, the many features of the institutional environment continue to undermine the efforts of the central government. These include the government's continued efforts to maintain economic growth and the ability of local governments and enterprises to emasculate central government policies.

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Unravelling the (post-)political in Transition Management: Interrogating Pathways towards Sustainable Change

Cited by 87 publications

References 59 publications

Automated Mobility Transitions: Governing Processes in the UK

Automated Mobility Transitions: Governing Processes in the UK

Building a Coalition with Depoliticized Sustainability Discourse: The Case of a Transdisciplinary Transition Management Arena in Peru

China as a Low-Carbon Energy Leader: Successes and Limitations

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