The politics of innovation in public transport
Subtitle: issues, settings and displacements
By: Roel Nahuis.
Contributors: Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap.; Copernicus Institute.
Series: Netherlands geographical studies -- 357; Nederlandse geografische studies -- 357.
Publisher: Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap, Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Utrecht
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9789068093988
Subjects: Urban transportation policy; Urban transportation -- Technological innovations; Local transit -- Technological innovations -- Political aspects; Technology -- Political aspects; Democracy -- Decision making; City dwellers -- Effect of technological innovations on
Other titles: Innovation in public transport
Notes: "This publication has been submitted as a Ph.D thesis in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Doctor at Utrecht University, the Netherlands, 19 March 2007"--Verso t. p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-168).

Text in English, summary in Dutch.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: displacements, public transport and democracy; title: Where are the politics? perspectives on democracy and technology; title: Theory and method: issues, settings and displacements; title: Following the issues: the case of self-service in the Amsterdam trams; title: Settings and framing: the case of a flexible public transport system; title: Displacements and democratic quality: the case of high-quality public transport in Utrecht; title: Displacements: dynamics and democratic quality.