Journal
REGIONAL STUDIES
Volume 56, Issue 4, Pages 644-655Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2020.1861239
Keywords
legitimation; narratives; multi-scalar institutions; evolutionary economic geography; path creation
Funding
- Norges Forskningsrad (Norwegian Research Council) [255400]
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This paper argues that cost reduction and value creation have made important contributions to legitimation in addition to climate change and energy security, based on a cross-national study of the offshore wind industry. The paper focuses on the evolution of legitimation narratives in the context of national and regional differences in institutions, actors and assets.
This paper assesses legitimation as a crucial dimension of industry emergence, addressing the neglect of institutional and political aspects of path creation in economic geography. It investigates how the legitimacy of emerging industries is built up over time and examines differences in legitimation across space. The paper focuses on the evolution of legitimation narratives in the context of national and regional differences in institutions, actors and assets. Based on a cross-national study of the offshore wind industry, the paper argues that cost reduction and value creation have made important contributions to legitimation in addition to climate change and energy security.
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