Citizen-led Innovation for a New Economy (Paperback)

Alison Mathie

ISBN 10: 1853399221 / ISBN 13: 9781853399220

Published by Practical Action Publishing, Rugby, 2015

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Paperback. This collection of eleven cases from Canada and the United States gives expression to the ideal of a new economy based on fairness and environmental sustainability. Grappling with complex problems in their local communities, organized citizens are forging innovation, prying open cracks in the prevailing economic system and seizing opportunities to redirect economic life. Featured here are examples in urban and rural contexts and ethnically diverse settings - First Nations, Inuit, Latino, African American, predominantly white, and mixed communities - where citizens are challenging the short-term focus of political leadership and taking action now to pave the way for an economy that can sustain future generations. They illustrate a new way of working, tying economic justice to the creation of multiple types of environmental, economic and social assets or forms of wealth. This collection of eleven cases from Canada and the United States gives expression to the ideal of a new economy based on fairness and environmental sustainability; illustrating a new way of working, tying economic justice to the creation of multiple types of environmental, economic and social assets or forms of wealth. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Citizen-led Innovation for a New Economy (Paperback)
• Publisher: Practical Action Publishing, Rugby
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853399221
• ISBN 13: 9781853399220
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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This collection of eleven cases from Canada and the United States gives expression to the ideal of a new economy based on fairness and environmental sustainability. Grappling with complex problems in their local communities, organized citizens are forging innovation, prying open cracks in the prevailing economic system and seizing opportunities to redirect economic life. Featured here are examples in urban and rural contexts and ethnically diverse settings - First Nations, Inuit, Latino, African American, predominantly white, and mixed communities - where citizens are challenging the short-term focus of political leadership and taking action now to pave the way for an economy that can sustain future generations. They illustrate a new way of working, tying economic justice to the creation of multiple types of environmental, economic and social assets or forms of wealth.