ABSTRACT

This article focuses on the introduction of the concept of circular economy into a Norwegian context by concentrating on two levels of subnational authorities against the backdrop of the national level. By drawing on recorded qualitative data collected in the region of Trøndelag and Oslo, we deploy the concept of domestication to analyse how the diffusion of CE as a political, future-oriented concept is appropriated, i.e. through symbolic, practical and cognitive dimensions. Additionally, we consider the performativity of the future as a component in the adoption of the concept. Our findings suggest that the adoption of CE at these levels of governments in Norway is an ongoing process where the co-construction of the dimensions happens concurrently. Relating to the future, the national level takes a translative approach and goes after an increased interest and activity by private actors. At the first subnational level, in the case of the Trøndelag county, the public sector operates as a channel between knowledge of best practices and private actors who can mobilise action. Meanwhile, at the third subnational level, we find at the municipality of Trondheim, a public authority that proactively changes specific practices and regulates (or normalizes) the CE through their own means.

摘要

本文着眼于在国家层面的背景下，通过关注两个层面的地方当局，将循环经济的概念引入挪威语境。通过利用在特伦德拉格和奥斯陆地区收集的记录定性数据，我们部署了驯化的概念来分析 CE 作为一个政治的、面向未来的概念的传播是如何被挪用的，即通过象征、实践和认知维度。此外，我们将未来的表现性视为采用该概念的一个组成部分。我们的研究结果表明，在挪威这些级别的政府中采用 CE 是一个持续的过程，其中维度的共建同时发生。关系到未来，国家层面采取翻译方法，追求私人行为者的兴趣和活动的增加。在国家以下一级，在特伦德拉格县的情况下，公共部门作为最佳实践知识与可以动员行动的私人行为者之间的渠道运作。同时，在第三个地方层面，我们在特隆赫姆市发现了一个公共机构，它通过自己的方式主动改变特定做法并规范（或规范化）行政长官。