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

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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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CSERGE Working Paper EDM ; No. 06-10

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: community action ; innovation ; Social economy ; sustainable consumption ; Sustainable Development

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Seyfang, Gill ; Smith, Adrian
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): University of East Anglia, The Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE)
• (where): Norwich
• (when): 2006

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/80279
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET