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Summary
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.
The book contains substantive contributions from activists and activist-scholars such as Lorenzo Chelleri (Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy), Juan del Rio (Transition Spain), Naresh Giangrande (Transition Network), Maja Göpel (Wuppertal Institute), Thomas Henfrey (Transition Research Network), Justin Kenrick (Forest People's Programme), Glen Kuecker (University of Indiana), Cheryl Lyon (Transition Peterborough Ontario) and Gesa Maschowski (Transition Bonn), along with briefing notes from noted experts in resilience. The result is a compelling cocktail of insights, ideas and action points likely to define the scientific and practical fields of community resilience for years to come.
Table of Contents
| 1 Introduction | p. 6 |
| 1.0 Introduction: A Community-led and Knowledge-led Transition | p. 7 |
| 1.1 Editorial and Summary | p. 11 |
| 2 Views from the Ground | p. 18 |
| 2.0 Citizen-led Pathways to Sustainability | p. 19 |
| 2.1 Transition in Peterborough, Canada | p. 23 |
| 2.2 Transition in Spain: A First Assessment of Dimensions, Challenges and Opportunities for Transition Town Initiatives | p. 31 |
| 2.3 Resilience and Community Action in Bristol | p. 47 |
| 3 Transition and Resilience | p. 58 |
| 3.0 Linking Theory and Practice of Community Resilience | p. 59 |
| 3.1 Learning from Co-Founders of Grassroots Initiatives: Personal Resilience, Transition, and Behavioral Change - a Salutogenic Approach | p. 65 |
| 3.2 Resilience and Community Action in the Transition Movement | p. 87 |
| 3.3 Shedding some Light on the Invisible: The Transformative Power of Paradigm Shifts | p. 113 |
| 4 Resilience in Practice | p. 142 |
| 4.0 The Essence of a Resilience Approach to Management and Development | p. 143 |
| 4.1 Open Space Write-up: Resilience, Community Action and Social Transformation | p. 147 |
| 4.2 Climate, Commons and Hope: The Transition Movement in Global Perspective | p. 161 |
| 4.3 Enchanting Transition: A Post Colonial Perspectives | p. 193 |
