TY - JOUR

T1 - Energy policy and transdisciplinary transition management arenas in illiberal democracies

T2 - A conceptual framework

AU - Noboa, Eduardo

AU - Upham, Paul

PY - 2018/12/1

Y1 - 2018/12/1

N2 - While the theory and practice of transition management has been articulated and tested in Europe, little work in this vein has been undertaken in illiberal democracies, where state institutions may be captured by commercial interests, clientelism may operate and democratic rights may be constrained. We argue that a combination of insights from transition management and transdisciplinary research offers a basis for developing local strategies by which informal institutions can nurture alternative energy policy visions and prescriptions, in order to exploit policy windows that periodically arise. We articulate a conceptual framework to underpin such strategies, which emphasises the role of academics or other knowledge brokers as policy entrepreneurs, helping to build knowledge and capabilities, create networks of social capital and establish alternative discourse coalitions. While our particular applied interest here is in arenas for the development of low carbon energy scenarios in Latin America, the framework is also intended to have wider applicability.

AB - While the theory and practice of transition management has been articulated and tested in Europe, little work in this vein has been undertaken in illiberal democracies, where state institutions may be captured by commercial interests, clientelism may operate and democratic rights may be constrained. We argue that a combination of insights from transition management and transdisciplinary research offers a basis for developing local strategies by which informal institutions can nurture alternative energy policy visions and prescriptions, in order to exploit policy windows that periodically arise. We articulate a conceptual framework to underpin such strategies, which emphasises the role of academics or other knowledge brokers as policy entrepreneurs, helping to build knowledge and capabilities, create networks of social capital and establish alternative discourse coalitions. While our particular applied interest here is in arenas for the development of low carbon energy scenarios in Latin America, the framework is also intended to have wider applicability.

KW - Illiberal democracies

KW - Policy windows

KW - Transdisciplinary research

KW - Transition management

KW - Sustainability sciences, Communication

KW - Chemistry

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85050100228&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.erss.2018.07.014

DO - 10.1016/j.erss.2018.07.014

M3 - Scientific review articles

AN - SCOPUS:85050100228

VL - 46

SP - 114

EP - 124

JO - Energy Research and Social Science

JF - Energy Research and Social Science

SN - 2214-6296

ER -