7 Individual sectoral and service energy transitions typically unfold over 40–130 years while
aggregate transitions involving the whole economy could take centuries (Fouquet and
Pearson, 2012, p2).
8 As Mittelman suggests, the term ‘move’ rather than movement is used by Polanyi to
indicate the proto forms by which social forces ‘waxed and waned’ before ultimately
giving birth to a political organization that begot a transformation (Mittelman, 1998, p867).
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aggregate transitions involving the whole economy could take centuries (Fouquet and
Pearson, 2012, p2).
8 As Mittelman suggests, the term ‘move’ rather than movement is used by Polanyi to
indicate the proto forms by which social forces ‘waxed and waned’ before ultimately
giving birth to a political organization that begot a transformation (Mittelman, 1998, p867).
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