This study applies the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) to developments in Swedish nuclear energy policy in the 1970s and 80s. In an effort to contribute to the refinement and debate regarding the generalizability of ACF theory, the objective is to assess the utility of ACF assumptions when...

The rising demand for energy, the higher costs of oil and gas, and the association of fossil fuels with adverse climate change have all brought a renewed interest in nuclear energy. Nuclear power, however, is itself controversial, because of its costs, its environmental effects and the security...

Verlagstext: Wenige Monate nach der Kernschmelze in Fukushima beschloss der Deutsche Bundestag, sämtliche deutsche Atomkraftwerke bis 2022 abzuschalten. Die Entscheidung wird als ein später Sieg der Antiatomkraftbewegung gewertet und markiert den Einstieg in die Energie-wende. Ist damit das...

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is impacting on the industrialization options for Africa inter alia through three interrelated sets of technologies, namely automation, additive manufacturing and the Industrial Internet. In this paper I set out the case for why Africa should industrialize....