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Beyond the co-production of technology and society: The discursive treatment of technology with regard to near-term and long-term environmental goals

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  • Üzelgün, Mehmet Ali
  • Pereira, João Rui

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•Proposes a practical reasoning framework for the analysis of discourse on long-term policy problems.•Distinguishes near-term/concrete and long-term/abstract institutional contexts.•Examines deeds-consequences and means-ends relations in the interview discourse of low-carbon transition actors.•Technology is intertwined with society in the discourse concerning near-term institutional context.•Technology features as an independent external force in the broader institutional context of sustainability.

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  • Üzelgün, Mehmet Ali & Pereira, João Rui, 2020. "Beyond the co-production of technology and society: The discursive treatment of technology with regard to near-term and long-term environmental goals," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 61(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:teinso:v:61:y:2020:i:c:s0160791x19302933
    DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2020.101244
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