
Community Action and Climate Change
Jennifer Kent(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 23. November 2015
Book
Hardback
190 pages
978-1-138-92040-8 (ISBN)
Description
The failure of recent international negotiations to progress global action on climate change has shifted attention to the emergence of grassroots sustainability initiatives. These civil society networks display the potential to implement social innovation and change processes from the 'bottom up'. Recent scholarship has sought to theorise grassroots community-based low carbon practices in terms of their sustainability transition potential. However there are few empirical examples that demonstrate the factors for success of community-based social innovations in achieving more widespread adoption outside of their local, sustainability 'niche'.
Reviews / Votes
"This is a book that offers a useful insight into the experience and characteristics of Australian CAGs, and some food for thought on possible theoretical developments in the study of community action and climate change." - Giuseppe Feola, University of Reading, UKMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
8 s/w Abbildungen
8 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
458 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-92040-8 (9781138920408)
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Person
Jennifer Kent is an Honorary Associate at the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney and Senior Environmental Officer at the Green Living Centre, a community sustainability resource center in Sydney, Australia.
Author
Honorary Associate, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
Content
1. Introduction 2. The Social Construction of Climate Change 3. Individualization of Responsibility and the Politics of Behaviour Change 4.Rise of the Grassroots 5. People Like Me: The Role of Agency in Voluntary Climate Change Action 6. Social Transitions from the Local to the Global 7. Future Pathways for Community Action on Climate Change