期刊
ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION AND SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS
卷 40, 期 -, 页码 367-381出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2021.09.003
关键词
Institutional complexity; Transitions; Alternative water sources; Onsite water reuse
资金
- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology directorate funds, Water and Sanitation Innovations for Non-grid Solutions program (WINGS) - an inter-and transdisciplinary strategic research program
This study highlights the importance of understanding institutional complexity in transitions from one socio-technical regime configuration to another, and the need for formidable strategic agency by actors in the field to navigate competing cultural demands during prolonged phases. Gaining a more balanced perspective of organizational and field-level reconfigurations may provide insights into why transitions succeed in some locations but fail in others.
Transitions from one socio-technical regime configuration to another entail long phases of institutional complexity, where two or more field logics co-exist in a sector and induce incompatibilities and frictions. This paper presents a dynamic phase model, which characterizes the types of institutional complexity that may build up and settle across various phases of a transition, illustrated with a case study from the diffusion of onsite water reuse in San Francisco. Results from semi-structured expert interviews and a focus group demonstrate that different forms of institutional complexity may follow each other in a transition trajectory and that formidable strategic agency is needed by the actors in a field in navigating prolonged phases of competing cultural demands. Gaining a more balanced perspective of both organizational and field-level reconfigurations may help better explain why transitions succeed in some places and fail in others.
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