Socio-technical transition governance and public opinion: The case of passenger transport in Finland

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Authors

  • Paul Upham
  • Venla Virkamäki
  • Paula Kivimaa
  • Mikael Hildén
  • Zia Wadud

As a governance perspective, transition management views the engagement of a wide variety of stakeholders in policy development as a necessary element in furthering sustainability through enhanced social learning. Yet as a literature it has paid relatively little attention to public consultation on socio-technical change. Here we set transition management in the context of longstanding debates in science and technology studies, technology assessment and deliberative democracy. Empirically, we use national survey data on Finnish public opinion of state support for future transport options. Showing how transport practices and attitudes to transport innovation policy vary with both demography and geography, we argue that these differences have implications for policy legitimacy. We suggest that, both given and despite the practical difficulties of deliberative democracy, use of participative opinion surveying to better understand social groups with needs and interests that differ from national averages, may help to enhance policy legitimacy and hence the success of transition management.

Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Transport Geography
Volume46
Pages (from-to)210-219
Number of pages10
ISSN0966-6923
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 06.2015
Externally publishedYes

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