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Introducing the Endowment-Practice-Institutions (EPI) Framework for studying agency in the institutional contestation of socio-technical regimes

Duygan, Mert and Kachi, Aya and Oliveira, Thiago D. and Rinscheid, Adrian. (2021) Introducing the Endowment-Practice-Institutions (EPI) Framework for studying agency in the institutional contestation of socio-technical regimes. Journal of cleaner production, 296 (1).

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Abstract

A timely transition of socio-technical systems to more sustainable alternatives is crucial in mitigating climate change and other environmental problems. While innovation plays a significant role in such transitions, policy makers and the scientific community have become increasingly aware that the deliberate destabilization of existing socio-technical regimes-including associated institutions and technologies-is also often necessary. However, such aspiration is politically contested. This paper presents the Endowment-Practice-Institutions (EPI) Framework to study the contestation of institutions underpinning socio-technical regimes. By integrating key theories from Institutional Sociology and Political Economy, the framework conceives actors' capability of influencing institutional structures to be dependent on their institutional work practices and the various endowments that enable these practices. We present Japanese coal policy as an example to illustrate how the framework can be used to assess actors' institutional work and their influence on institutional outcomes. In addition to providing new theoretical insights, the framework helps to systematically analyze agency-driven mechanisms pertinent for the maintenance or destabilization of socio-technical regimes.
Faculties and Departments:06 Faculty of Business and Economics > Departement Wirtschaftswissenschaften > Professuren Wirtschaftswissenschaften > International Political Economy and Energy Policy (Kachi)
UniBasel Contributors:Kachi, Aya and Duygan, Mert
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:0959-6526
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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