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The book investigates two important subjects simultaneously. On the one hand, it is concerned with the detailed processes which have lead to quite different innovation diffusion pathways of combined heat and power technology in the UK and Germany since the early Eighties. On the other hand, this empirical work serves to demonstrate the application of a novel multi-disciplinary and prospective research approach. This approach, which is explicitly formulated in both theoretical and methodological terms, is used to explore the possibilities and limitations of controlling the transformation of large socio-technical systems by poltical means.

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Author:   Karl Mathias Weber
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Physica-Verlag GmbH & Co
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.768kg
ISBN:  

9783790812053

ISBN 10:   3790812056
Pages:   485
Publication Date:   21 May 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1: Introduction.- 1.1 The applied problem.- 1.2 The methodological problem.- 1.3 The theoretical problem.- 1.4 The rationale of the study.- 1.5 Structure of the study.- I: The PET-System - A Theoretical and Methodological Approach to Innovation Diffusion and Political Control.- 2: Theoretical Approaches to Technological Change and Political Control Across Disciplines.- 3: The PET- System: An Integrated Approach to Innovation Diffusion and Political Control.- 4: A General Methodology for Studying Innovation Diffusion and Political Control.- II: Introduction of the Problem Area and Specification of the Methodology.- 5: Issues of Energy Supply and Cogeneration.- 6: Determinants of CHP-Diffusion.- 7: Methodological Transfer - From the General Approach to the Empirical Investigation.- III: The Empirical Account: Cogeneration in the UK and Germany from the Early 80s to the Middle of the 90s.- 8: Liberalisation of Energy Supply in the UK.- 9: Transforming the Monopoly - CHP in Germany.- 10: Comparison of the Developments in the UK and Germany.- IV: Concluding Remarks on Cogeneration, Political Control and the PET-Approach.- 11: Conclusions.- References.- Abbreviations.- Appendices.- Appendix 1: Deutschsprachige Zusammenfassung.- Appendix 2: Questionaire outline.- Appendix 3: List of interviews.- Appendix 4: Complementary data.- Appendix 5: Comparative summary overview.

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