448
Views
9
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Policy for Sociotechnical Transition: Implications from Swedish Historical Case Studies

&

References

  • Alkemade, F., Hekkert, M., & Negro, S. (2011). Transition policy and innovation policy: Friends or foes? Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 1(1), 125–129. doi: 10.1016/j.eist.2011.04.009
  • Almqvist, A. (2004). Drömmen om det egna huset: från bostadsförsörjning till livsprojekt (PhD thesis). Uppsala University, Sweden.
  • Ashford, N. A., & Hall, R. P. (2011). The importance of regulation-induced innovation for sustainable development. Sustainability, 3(1), 270–292. doi: 10.3390/su3010270
  • Bergman, B. (2003). Handelsplats, shopping, stadsliv: en historik om butiksformer, säljritualer och det moderna stadslivets trivialisering. Stockholm: Symposium.
  • Bergström, H., Carlson, A., & Svenson, G. (1968). Bostadspolitiken. Stockholm: Tiden.
  • Bijker, W. E., Hughes, T. P., & Pinch, T. (1987). The social construction of technological systems: New directions in the sociology and history of technology. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
  • Björk, C., Kallstenius, P., & Reppen, L. (1983). Så byggdes husen 1880–1980. Arkitektur, konstruktion och material i våra flerbostadshus under 100 år. Stockholm: Byggforskningsrådet, BFR/Stockholms stadsbyggnadskontor.
  • Bladh, M. (1991). Bostadsförsörjningen 1945–1985: det industriella byggandets uppgång och fall (PhD thesis). School of Economics and Commercial Law, Gothenburg University, Sweden.
  • Blomkvist, P. (1999). Ny teknik som politisk ideologi? Arbetarhistoria, 23(4), 13–22.
  • Blomkvist, P. (2001). Den goda vägens vänner: Väg- och billobbyn och framväxten av det svenska bilsamhället 1914–1959. Eslöv: Symposion.
  • Book, K., & Eskilsson, L. (2001). Stadens struktur: varför och hur? (PhD thesis). Department of Social and Economic Geography, Lund University, Sweden.
  • Boverket. (2009). Boendekostnader och boendeutgifter—Sverige och Europa. Stockholm: Boverket.
  • Coenena, L., Benneworth, P., & Trufferd, B. (2012). Toward a spatial perspective on sustainability transitions. Research Policy, 41(6), 968–979. doi: 10.1016/j.respol.2012.02.014
  • Dean, M. (2001). Governmentality: Power and rule in modern society. London: Sage.
  • Drangert, J.-O., & Löwgren, M. 2005. Förändring eller kontinuitet? Faktorer som påverkat va-systemens utveckling i Linköping och Norrköping under perioden 1960–1990 (Urban Water Report 2005:1). Gothenburg: Chalmers University of Technology.
  • Eisenhardt, K. M., & Graebner, M. E. (2007). Theory building from cases: Opportunities and challenges. Academy of Management Journal, 50(1), 25–32. doi: 10.5465/AMJ.2007.24160888
  • Engfors, C. (1987). Folkhemmets bostäder 1940–1960. Svenskt bostadsbyggande under 1940- och 50-talen. Stockholm: Museum of architecture.
  • Esping-Andersen, G. (1990). The three worlds of welfare capitalism. Cambridge: Polity Press.
  • Franzén, M., & Sandstedt, E. (1981). Grannskap och stadsplanering: Om stat och byggande i efterkrigstidens Sverige (PhD thesis). Uppsala University, Sweden.
  • Gabrielson, I., & Ringmar, C.-I. (1970). 40 sätt att bygga småhus: en undersökning av typhusfabrikanternas standardleveranser. Stockholm: Statens institut för byggnads-forskning.
  • Geels, F. W. (2002). Technological transitions as evolutionary reconfiguration processes: A multi-level perspective and a case-study. Research Policy, 31(8–9), 1257–1274. doi: 10.1016/S0048-7333(02)00062-8
  • Geels, F. W. (2005a). The dynamics of transitions in socio-technical systems: A multi-level analysis of the transition pathway from horse-drawn carriages to automobiles (1860–1930). Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 17(4), 445–476. doi: 10.1080/09537320500357319
  • Geels, F. W. (2005b). Co-evolution of technology and society: The transition in water supply and personal hygiene in the Netherlands (1850–1930)—a case study in multi-level perspective. Technology in Society, 27(3), 363–397. doi: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2005.04.008
  • Geels, F. W. (2006). The hygienic transition from cesspools to sewer systems (1840–1930): The dynamics of regime transformation. Research Policy, 35(7), 1069–1082. doi: 10.1016/j.respol.2006.06.001
  • Geels, F. W., & Schot, J. (2007). Typology of sociotechnical transition pathways. Research Policy, 36(3), 399–417. doi: 10.1016/j.respol.2007.01.003
  • Graham, S., & Marvin, S. (2001). Splintering urbanism: Networked infrastructures, technological mobilities and the urban condition. London: Routledge.
  • Greenwood, D. (2012). The challenge of policy coordination for sustainable sociotechnical transition: The case of the zero-carbon homes agenda in England. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 30(1), 162–179. doi: 10.1068/c1146
  • Grin, J., Rotmans, J., & Schot, J. (2010). Routledge studies in sustainability transitions: Transitions to sustainable development: New directions in the study of long term transformative change. Florence, KY: Routledge.
  • Hagson, A. (2004). Stads och trafikplaneringens paradigm: En studie av SCAFT 1968, dess förebilder och efterföljare (PhD thesis). Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • Hayek, F. A. (1948). Individualism and economic order. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
  • Hughes, T. P. (1983). Networks of power: Electrification in western society 1880–1930. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Hughes, T. P. (1986). The seamless web: Technology, science, etcetera, etcetera. Social Studies of Science, 16(2), 281–292. doi: 10.1177/0306312786016002004
  • Hyll, H., & Lessing, J. (2004). Industrialisering av bostadsbyggandet under 1900-talet (Report from Doctoral Student Course ‘Building and Installation Technology During the 20th Century’). Sweden: Lund Institute of Technology.
  • Isaksson, A. (2008). När socialdemokratin blev statsbärande. In E. Giertz (Ed.), Då förändras Sverige: 25 experter beskriver drivkrafter bakom utvecklingen (pp. 139–154). Stockholm: SNS.
  • Ivre, K. D., & Lundevall, P. 1978. Samhällsförändring och byggmarknad. Stockholm: HSB.
  • Jackson, T., & Marks, N. (1999). Consumption, sustainable welfare and human needs—with reference to UK expenditure patterns 1954–1994. Ecological Economics, 28(3), 421–442. doi: 10.1016/S0921-8009(98)00108-6
  • Jackson, T., & Papathanasopoulou, E. (2008). Luxury or ‘lock-in’? An exploration of unsustainable consumption in the UK: 1968 to 2000. Ecological Economics, 68(1–2), 80–95. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.01.026
  • Jordan, A. (2008). The governance of sustainable development: Taking stock and looking forwards. Environment and Planning C. Government and Policy, 26(1), 17–33. doi: 10.1068/cav6
  • Jordan, A., Wurzel, R. K. W., & Zito, A. (2005). The rise of ‘new’ policy instruments in comparative perspective: Has governance eclipsed government? Political Studies, 53(3), 477–496. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9248.2005.00540.x
  • Kaijser, A. (1994). I fädrens spår: Den svenska infrastrukturens historiska utveckling och framtida utmaningar. Stockholm: Carlsson.
  • Kaijser, A. (1999). Den hjälpsamma handen. Den institutionella utformningen av svenska infrasystem. Historisk Tidskrift, 3, 397–417.
  • Kemp, R., Loorbach, D., & Rotmans, J. (2007). Transition management as a model for managing processes of co-evolution towards sustainable development. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 14(1), 78–91. doi: 10.1080/13504500709469709
  • Kemp, R., Schot, J., & Hoogma, R. (1998). Regime shifts to sustainability through processes of niche formation: The approach of strategic niche management pages. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 10(2), 175–198. doi: 10.1080/09537329808524310
  • Kjaer, A. M. (2004). Governance key concepts. Cambridge: Polity Press.
  • Leimar, T. (1990). AMS-arbete: minnen från arbetsmarknadsverkets beredskapsarbeten i egen regi. Solna: Arbetsmarknadsstyrelsen.
  • Lewin, L. (2002). Ideologi och strategi: svensk politik under 130 år. Stockholm: Norstedts juridik.
  • Lind, H. (2003). Bostadsbyggandets hinderbana: En ESO-rapport om utvecklingen 1995–2001. Stockholm: Finansdepartementet/Ministry of Finance, DS 2003:006.
  • Lindert, P. H. (2004). Growing public: Social spending and economic growth since the eighteenth century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Loorbach, D. (2007). Transition management: New mode of governance for sustainable development. Utrecht: Erasmus University Rotterdam, International Books.
  • Lundin, P. (2008). Bilsamhället. Ideologi, expertis och regelskapande i efterkrigstidens Sverige (PhD thesis, History of Technology). Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.
  • Marmstål, F. (1992). Byggarna och maskinerna—Folke Marmstål berättar för Nils Nordberg. Stockholm: Byggförlaget.
  • Meadowcroft, J. (1999). Planning for sustainable development: What can be learned from the critics? In M. Kenny & J. Meadowcroft (Eds.), Planning sustainability (pp. 12–38). London: Routledge.
  • Meadowcroft, J. (2007). Who is in charge here? Governance for sustainable development in a complex world. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 9(3–4), 299–314. doi: 10.1080/15239080701631544
  • Nill, J., & Kemp, R. (2009). Evolutionary approaches for sustainable innovation policies: From niche to paradigm. Research Policy, 38(4), 668–680. doi: 10.1016/j.respol.2009.01.011
  • Palm, J. (2004). Makten över energin—policyprocesser i två kommuner 1977–2001 (PhD thesis, Linköping Studies in Arts and Science nr 289). Linköping University, Sweden.
  • Palm, J., & Wihlborg, E. (2006). Governed by technology? Urban management of broadband and 3G systems in Sweden. Journal of Urban Technology, 13(2), 71–89. doi: 10.1080/10630730600872054
  • Petrelius, B. (1950). Synpunkter på vattenhygienens organisatoriska ställning i Sverige. Vattenhygien, 6, 50.
  • Pierre, J. (2009). Tre myter om governance. In G. Hedlund & S. Montin (Eds.), Governance på svenska (pp. 37–56). Stockholm: Santérus Academic Press.
  • Ramberg, K. (2000). Allmännyttan: välfärdsbygge 1850–2000. Stockholm: Byggförlaget in cooperation with the Swedish Association of Public Housing Companies.
  • Rip, A. (2006). A co-evolutionary approach to reflexive governance and its ironies. In J.-P. Voss, D. Bauknecht, & R. Kemp (Eds.), Reflexive governance for sustainable development (pp. 82–100). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Roos, B., & Gelotte, H. (Eds.). (2004). Hej bostad: om bostadsbyggande i Storstockholm 1961–1975. Stockholm: Stockholm County Administrative Board.
  • Rothstein, B. (1992). Explaining Swedish corporatism: The formative moment. Scandinavian Political Studies, 15(3), 173–191. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9477.1992.tb00139.x
  • Rothstein, B. (2005). Sverige—de ideologiska statsapparaternas förlovade land. In K. Ronit & B. Rothstein (Eds.), Den politiske forvaltning. Historiske spor i nutidens bureaukrati. Festskrift till Tim Knudsen. Copenhagen: Systime Förlag.
  • Rotmans, J., Kemp, R., & van Asselt, M. (2001). More evolution than revolution: Transition management in public policy. Foresight, 3(1), 15–31. doi: 10.1108/14636680110803003
  • Sabatier, P. A., & Jenkins-Smith, H. C. (Eds.). (1993). Policy change and learning: An advocacy coalition approach. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
  • Salamon, L. M. (Ed.). (2001). The tools of government: A guide to the new governance. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • SCB. (1958–2009). Household expense studies ( HUT 1958, 1969, 1978, 1988, 1992, 2003, 2005 & 2009). Stockholm: Statistics Sweden.
  • SCB. (2003). Priser och konsumtion (official homepage of Statistics Sweden). Retrieved October 21, 2013, from http://www.scb.se/Pages/GsaSearch____287280.aspx?QueryTerm=priser%20och%20konsumtion%202003&PageIndex=1&hl=sv
  • SCB. (2005). Bostads och byggnadsstatistisk årsbok 2005. Stockholm: Statistics Sweden.
  • SCB. (2008). Antal registrerade personbilar i trafik 1923–2007 (homepage of Statistic Sweden). Retrieved October 21, 2013, from http://www.scb.se/Pages/GsaSearch____287280.aspx?QueryTerm=Transporter+och&PageIndex=1&hl=sv
  • SCB. (2010). Bostads och byggnadsstatistisk årsbok 2010. Stockholm: Statistics Sweden.
  • Shove, E., & Walker, G. (2007). CAUTION! Transitions ahead: Politics, practice and sustainable transition management. Environment and Planning A, 39(4), 763–770. doi: 10.1068/a39310
  • SIKA. (2000). Res 1999—Den nationella resevaneundersökningen. Stockholm: Statens institut för kommunikationsanalys.
  • SIKA. (2007). Res 2005/2006, Den nationella resevaneundersökningen. Stockholm: Statens institut för kommunikationsanalys.
  • Smith, A., Stirling, A., & Berkhout, F. (2005). The governance of sustainable socio-technical transitions. Research Policy, 34(10), 1491–1510. doi: 10.1016/j.respol.2005.07.005
  • Söderholm, K. (2010). Policy-driven socio-technical structures and Swedish households’ consumption of housing and transport since the 1950s. In P. Söderholm (Ed.), Environmental policy and household behaviour: Sustainability and everyday life (pp. 149–172). London: Earthscan.
  • Söderholm, K. (2012). When infrastructure-related risk-taking moves from the local to the national level: The planning and construction of centralized water and sewer systems in two municipalities in northern Sweden 1900–1950 (Research Report, History of Technology). Luleå: Luleå University of Technology.
  • Söderholm, K. (2013). Housing, public policy and the environment in a historical perspective: Lessons from Swedish post-war society. International Journal of Sustainable Society, 5(1), 24–42. doi: 10.1504/IJSSOC.2013.050533
  • Sørensen, E. (2006). Metagovernance. The changing role of politicians in processes of democratic governance. The American Review of Public Administration, 36(1), 98–114. doi: 10.1177/0275074005282584
  • SOU. (2004). Hållbara laster: Konsumtion för en ljusare framtid. Stockholm: Government Report.
  • Statens råd för byggnadsforskning. (1975). Monteringsbyggda flerfamiljshus: rapport från Moby-kommittén med förslag till forskningsprojekt. Stockholm: Statens råd för byggnadsforskning.
  • Strömberg, T. (2001). Bostadspolitik: en historisk parentes. In A. Lindbom (Ed.), Den nya bostadspolitiken (pp. 21–47). Umeå: Boréa.
  • Summerton, J. (1992). District heating comes to town. The social shaping of an energy system (PhD thesis, Linköping Studies in Arts and Science No. 80). Linköping University, Sweden.
  • Summerton, J. (1998). Stora tekniska system. En introduktion till forskningsfältet. In P. Blomkvist & A. Kaijser (Eds.), Den konstruerade världen. Tekniska system i historiskt perspektiv (pp. 19–43). Stockholm: Symposium.
  • Svensson, T. (1998). Daglivarudistributionens strukturomvandling—Drivkrafter och konsekvenser för städers utformning och miljö (PhD thesis, Linköping Studies in Arts and Science No. 179). Linköping University, Sweden.
  • Tarr, J., & Konwitz, J. (1987). Patterns in the development of the urban infrastructure. In H. Gilette & Z. L. Miller (Eds.), American urbanism: A historiographical review (pp. 195–226). New York, NY: Greenwood Press.
  • Tengström, E. (1991). Bilismen—i kris? En bok om bilen, människan, samhället och miljön. Stockholm: Raben & Sjögren.
  • Van den Bergh, C. J. V. M., Truffer, B., & Kallis, G. (2011). Environmental innovation and societal transitions: Introduction and overview. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 1(1), 1–23. doi: 10.1016/j.eist.2011.04.010
  • Vilhelmson, B. (2000). Reser man mindre i täta orter?—Tätortsstrukturer och dagligt resande i Sverige 1978 och 1997 (Research Report). Department of Human and Economic Geography, School of Economics, University of Gothenburg.
  • Voß, J. P., & Bornemann, B. (2011). The politics of reflexive governance: Challenges for designing adaptive management and transition management. Ecology and Society, 16(2), 9. Retrieved from http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol16/iss2/art9
  • Voß, J. P., Smith, A., & Grin, J. (2009). Designing long-term policy: Rethinking transition management. Policy Sciences, 42(4), 275–302. doi: 10.1007/s11077-009-9103-5
  • Wigren, R. (1997). Bygg och bokostnader—historisk utveckling och framtidsutblick. In Å. E. Andersson (Ed.), Bostadsmarknaden på 2000-talet (pp. 206–245). Stockholm: SNS in Cooperation with SABO/Swedish Association of Public Housing Companies and IFFS/Institute for Future Studies.
  • Winner, L. (1980). Do artifacts have politics? Dædalus, 109(1), 121–136.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.