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Citizen-Led Innovation for a New Economy

Citizen-Led Innovation for a New Economy

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General Sociology

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ISBN10: 1853399221
ISBN13: 9781853399220
Publisher: Practical Action Publishing
Published: Oct 15 2015
Pages: 304
Language: English
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.

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