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To come a full circle we return, in this concluding chapter, to the title of the book: “How Institutions Change — Perspectives on Social Learning in Global and Local Environmental Contexts”. It is now time to summarise our responses to the central questions: How do institutions change? How can we induce dynamics of social learning? What have we learned about institutional change in global and local environmental contexts? Drawing on the conclusions from the various case studies and disciplinary perspectives presented in this book we bring together some broad lines of argument and suggest research and policy implications.
These conclusions are the outcome of group discussions in the task force and inputs from individual authors. For all their help we are very grateful.
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Engels, A., Moss, T. (2003). Institutional Change in Environmental Contexts. In: Breit, H., Engels, A., Moss, T., Troja, M. (eds) How Institutions Change. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-80936-0_18
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