ISBN:
9781317451181
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131745118X
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9781315697888
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1315697882
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9781317451198
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1317451198
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xv, 224 pages)
Series Statement:
Pathways to sustainability series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Smith, Adrian, 1948- Grassroots innovation movements
DDC:
303.48/4
Keywords:
Environmentalism
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Social movements
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Technological innovations / Social aspects
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
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Gesellschaft
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Technological innovations Case studies Social aspects
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Social movements Case studies
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Environmentalism Case studies
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Netzwerk
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Partizipatorische Demokratie
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Konsens
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Soziales Netzwerk
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Austausch
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Basisdemokratie
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Soziale Bewegung
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Fallstudiensammlung
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Fallstudiensammlung
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Soziale Bewegung
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Partizipatorische Demokratie
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Netzwerk
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Austausch
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Soziales Netzwerk
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Basisdemokratie
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Konsens
Description / Table of Contents:
"Innovation is increasingly invoked by policy elites and business leaders as vital for tackling global challenges like sustainable development. Often overlooked, however, is the fact that networks of community groups, activists and researchers have been innovating grassroots solutions for social justice and environmental sustainability for decades. Unencumbered by disciplinary boundaries, policy silos or institutional logics, these 'grassroots innovation movements' identify issues and questions neglected by formal science, technology and innovation organizations. Grassroots solutions arise in unconventional settings through unusual combinations of people, ideas and tools. This book examines six diverse grassroots innovation movements in India, South America and Europe, situating them in their particular dynamic historical contexts. Analysis explains why each movement frames innovation and development differently, resulting in a variety of strategies. The book explores the spaces where each of these movements has grown, or attempted to do so. It critically examines the pathways they have developed for grassroots innovation and the challenges and limitations confronting their approaches. With mounting pressure for social justice in an increasingly unequal world, policy makers are exploring how to foster more inclusive innovation. In this context grassroots experiences take on added significance. This book provides timely and relevant ideas, analysis and recommendations for activists, policy makers, students and scholars interested in encounters between innovation, development and social movements."-Inside front cover
Description / Table of Contents:
Introducing grassroots innovation movements -- An analytical framework for studying grassroots innovation movements -- Socially useful production -- The appropriate technology movement in South America -- People's science movements -- Hackerspaces, fablabs and makerspaces -- The social technology network -- The honey bee network -- Grassroots innovation movements : lessons for theory and practice -- Conclusions
Note:
"Earthscan from Routledge"
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Description based on print version record
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