Community action: A neglected site of innovation for sustainable development?

Seyfang, Gill ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4696-0798 and Smith, Adrian (2006) Community action: A neglected site of innovation for sustainable development? Working Paper - Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (1). pp. 1-25.

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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.

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Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
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Depositing User: Rosie Cullington
Date Deposited: 25 Jan 2011 11:58
Last Modified: 15 Feb 2023 10:30
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/19515
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