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The previous chapter has demonstrated that a socio-technical transition, such as that required by a move to a low-carbon economy, requires profound changes across a society. Such changes are not limited to the development of new policies within an existing system of governance, but are likely to involve the wholesale transformation of certain political, economic and social systems. Indeed, the entire framework for governing the energy sector and other sectors will need to change; that is to say, the institutions of governance must change.
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Andrews-Speed, P. (2012). Governance, Institutions and Society. In: The Governance of Energy in China. Energy, Climate and the Environment Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137284037_5
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