This open access book gathers the results of an interdisciplinary research project led by the
Swiss Competence Centers for Energy Research (SCCER CREST) and jointly implemented by several
universities. It identifies political economic and legal challenges and opportunities in the
energy transition from a governance perspective by exploring a variety of tools that allow
state non-state and transnational actors to manage the transition of the energy industry
toward less fossil-fuel reliance. When analyzing the roles of these actors the authors examine
not only formal procedures such as political and democratic processes but also market behavior
and societal practices. In other words the handbook focuses on both the behavior and the
positive and normative frameworks of political actors bureaucracies courts international
organizations lobby groups civil society economic actors and individuals. The authors
subsequently use their findings to formulate specific guidelines for lawmakers and other
rule-makers as well as private and public actors. To do so they draw on approaches stemming
from the legal political and management sciences.
