@techreport{40ac311e5a474825bebdeaebd85ec8bd,
title = "Community action: A neglected site of innovation for sustainable development?",
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.",
author = "Gill Seyfang and Adrian Smith",
year = "2006",
language = "English",
series = "Working Paper - Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment",
publisher = "Centre for Soc. Econ. Res. on the Global Environment",
pages = "1--25",
edition = "1",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "Centre for Soc. Econ. Res. on the Global Environment",
}