Research Catalog

Title

Resilience, community action and societal transformation : people, place, practice, power, politics and possibility in transition / edited by Thomas Henfrey, Gesa Maschkowski, and Gil Penha-Lopes.

Author

Henfrey, Thomas

Publication

• United Kingdom : Permanent Publications : Distributed in the USA by Chelsea Green Publishing Co., 2017.
• ©2017

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Details

Additional Authors

• Maschkowski, Gesa
• Penha-Lopes, Gil

Description

213 pages : illustrations (some color); 22 cm

Summary

Resilience, Community Action and Societal Transformation is a unique collection bridging research, theory and practical action to create more resilient societies. It includes accounts from people and organizations on the front line of efforts to build community resilience; cutting-edge theory and analysis from engaged scholar-activists; and commentary from sympathetic researchers. Its content ranges from first-hand accounts of the Transition Movement in the UK, Canada and Spain, to theoretical reflections on resilience theory and the shifts in mindsets and perspectives required for transitions to sustainability.

Subjects

• Sustainability
• Social change
• Community development
• Self-reliant living
• Community activists

Note

• Includes index (pages 211-212).

Language (note)

• In English.

Call Number

JFE 17-8556

ISBN

• 1856232972
• 9781856232975

OCLC

958097889

Author

Henfrey, Thomas, editor.

Title

Resilience, community action and societal transformation : people, place, practice, power, politics and possibility in transition / edited by Thomas Henfrey, Gesa Maschkowski, and Gil Penha-Lopes.

Publisher

United Kingdom : Permanent Publications : Distributed in the USA by Chelsea Green Publishing Co., 2017.

Copyright Date

©2017

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Language

In English.

Added Author

Maschkowski, Gesa, editor.

Penha-Lopes, Gil, editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 17-8556