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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Richard Lang, Privatdozent
title | Grassroots innovations in community-led housing in England: the role and evolution of intermediaries |
type | article in journal with citation index (peer reviewed) |
texts | abstract: The paper aims to take forward recent research concerning the development of grassroots innovations and sustainability transitions in housing. We introduce and empirically assess a multi-level, process-oriented framework informed by strategic niche management (SNM) and social capital theory. Drawing on qualitative data, the empirical part explores the emergence of community-led housing (CLH) in England as a grassroots-based housing niche which operates in a context of market dysfunc- tion. The paper offers further conceptual development of the role of intermediaries in grassroots niche building. Our findings suggest an evolution from independent sub-niche umbrellas to broader-based intermediaries to leverage and consolidate different sustainability practices in the niche. The results question an unadapted application of the simplistic growth-oriented SNM approach advocating for strategic coherence. In particular, our analysis shows that the development of broader-based intermediary organisations is driven by short-term government funding and care- fully preserves the diversity of approaches and identities within the niche. |
authors | Lang Richard Paul Chatterton David Mullins |
date | 2020 |
ISBN/ISSN/ISMN | 1946-3146 |
DOI | 10.1080/19463138.2019.1663525 |
URL | https://doi.org/ 10.1080/19463138.2019.1663525 |
published in | title: International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development |
volume/issue | 12 (1) |
pages | 52–72 |
language | English |