Caution! Transitions Ahead: Politics, Practice, and Sustainable Transition Management

The critique of the inanities and injustices of present society, however obvious they may be, is disqualified by a simple reminder that remaking society by design may only make it worse than it was.Alternative ends are invalidated on the strength of the proved ineffectuality of means" (Bauman 1991; 269) Green ( 2006) is not alone in contending that "environmental 'crises' require fundamental changes in the socio-technological structure of the way we live and work".For those concerned with sustainability, the idea of transition -of substantial change and movement from one state to another -has powerful normative attractions.If 'we' can steer change, shape future development and manage movement in desired…