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Seyfang, Gill 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4696-0798 and Smith, Adrian
(2006)
Community action: A neglected site of innovation for sustainable development?
pp. 1-25.
Abstract
Innovation and community action are two important areas of research and policy for sustainable development. Yet these two spheres of activity have not hitherto been linked. This paper builds a case for considering community action as a neglected, but potentially important, site of innovative activity. In so doing, the paper bridges a divide in a way that offers a novel theoretical approach to the study of community-level action for sustainability. It discusses some of the opportunities presented by grassroots innovation, and some of the challenges confronting activity at this level. By conceiving of the grassroots as a niche site for innovation a new agenda for community-level sustainable development research and policy support emerges.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Science, Society and Sustainability Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Social Sciences Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Resources, Sustainability and Governance (former - to 2018) |
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| Depositing User: | Rosie Cullington |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jan 2011 11:58 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Sep 2023 13:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/19515 |
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