Journal article
Telling tales: using stories to remake energy policy
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To benefit and protect the populace, government policies often promise aspirational changes to current practice. Different kinds of narratives are important in the framing, explanation, motivation, and understanding of policies and strategies. For example, the UK government's 2008 Climate Change Act proclaimed that all new homes will be zero carbon by 2016. This ‘hero story’, where society is ‘saved’ by clever technologies, is inspiring, positive and familiar. An alternative is the ‘learning ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2015.1020217
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Authors
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+ Topouzi, M
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
SOGE
Sub department:
Environmental Change Institute
Funding
Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Building Research and Information
- Volume:
- 43
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 516-533
- Publication date:
- 2015-04-29
- Acceptance date:
- 2015-01-21
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1466-4321
- ISSN:
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0961-3218
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- Language:
- English
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- UUID:
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uuid:51150e87-ea7f-4020-b9a4-31630e1138b4
- Deposit date:
- 2015-10-01
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- Copyright date:
- 2015
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