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dc.contributor.authorSeyfang, Gillen
dc.contributor.authorHaxeltine, Alexen
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-16-
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-17T11:36:15Z-
dc.date.available2011-08-17T11:36:15Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/48802-
dc.description.abstractThe challenges of sustainable development (and climate change and peak oil in particular) demand system-wide transformations in socio-technical systems of provision. An academic literature around co-evolutionary innovation for sustainability has recently emerged to attempt to understand the dynamics and directions of such socio-technical transformations and social change, which are termed 'sustainability transitions'. This literature has previously focused on market-based technological innovations. Here we apply it to a new context of social movements and social innovation, and examine the role of civil society-based social movements in a transition to a low-carbon sustainable economy in the UK. We present new empirical research from a study of the UK´s Transition Movement (a 'grassroots innovation') and assess its attempts to grow and diffuse beyond the niche. Applying strategic niche management theory to this civil society context delivers theoretically-informed practical recommendations for this social movement to diffuse beyond its niche: to foster deeper engagement with resourceful regime actors; to manage expectations more realistically by delivering tangible opportunities for action and participation; and to embrace a community-based, action-oriented model of social learning (in preference to a cognitive theory of behaviour change). Furthermore, our study indicates areas where theory can be refined to better explain the experience of grassroots innovations and social movements, namely through a fuller appreciation of internal niche processes, and integration with theories of social movements and social practices.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aUniversity of East Anglia, The Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE) |cNorwichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCSERGE Working Paper EDM |x10-08en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordsustainable consumptionen
dc.subject.keywordenergyen
dc.subject.keywordsocial movementsen
dc.subject.keywordsustainability transitionsen
dc.subject.keywordsocial innovationen
dc.subject.keywordsocio-technical systemsen
dc.subject.stwUmweltbelastungen
dc.subject.stwEnergieversorgungen
dc.subject.stwNachhaltigkeiten
dc.subject.stwLernenen
dc.subject.stwGesellschaften
dc.subject.stwSoziale Bewegungen
dc.subject.stwGroßbritannienen
dc.subject.stwNorwegenen
dc.titleGrowing grassroots innovations: Exploring the role of community-based social movements for sustainable energy transitions-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn626009804en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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