Transitions To Alternative Energy Systems

Dr. Thomas Baumgartner is presently working as a research consultant based in Zurich. Tom R. Burns is professor of sociology at the University of Uppsala, Sweden, and head of policy research at SIFO, the Swedish Institute for Opinion Research.

• Foreword: Toward a Sustainable Future -- Preface -- The Shaping of Alternative Energy Systems -- Introduction -- Technology, Society, and Social Change -- Consumer-Oriented Technologies -- Solar Branch Development in Israel -- Solar Water Heating in California: Policy Evolution and Industry Development -- Wind Energy in Denmark -- Heat Pump Use in the Federal Republic of Germany -- Producer-Oriented Technologies -- Geothermal Electricity in California -- Wood for Industrial Energy in Northern New England -- Peat for Energy in Finland: History of a Development Process -- Analysis, Theory, and Normative Conclusions -- Selective Observations -- Toward a Theory of New Technological Developments -- Policy and Normative Implications