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From Stranger to Status Quo: How Renewable Energy Achieved a Political Coup

Review of Renewables: The Politics of a Global Energy Transition by Michaël Aklin and Johannes Urpelainen (MIT University Press, 2018)

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Sivaram, V. From Stranger to Status Quo: How Renewable Energy Achieved a Political Coup. Int Polit Rev 6, 118–122 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41312-018-0046-8

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