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Incentives to Promote Green Citizenship in UK Transition Towns

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Amy Merritt and Tristan Stubbs examine the challenges of promoting environmental citizenship in the UK. Citizen participation in policymaking is receiving greater attention from politicians, academics, and citizens. However, due to political and institutional barriers and a lack of resources, citizens face real challenges in their engagement. They explore the legislative parameters of localism in the UK by charting the Transition Town movement's contribution to locally driven sustainability.

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  1. http://www.transitionnetwork.org/initiatives, accessed 18 November 2011.

  2. http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/big-society, accessed 18 November 2011.

  3. http://www.transitionnetwork.org/initiatives?themes=All&community_type=All&status_value=All&country=uk&field_title_search=, accessed 18 November 2011.

  4. http://www.thespark.co.uk/read-the-spark/green/transition-towns.html, accessed 18 November 2011.

  5. http://www.bis.gov.uk/cicregulator/, accessed 18 November 2011.

  6. http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2011/nov/11/solar-panels-feed-in-tariff-halved, accessed 18 November 2011.

  7. http://www.communities.gov.uk/localgovernment/decentralisation/tacklingburdens/singledatalist/, accessed 18 November 2011.

  8. 4. http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/performance-information/performance-data-collections-and-guidance/nis/Pages/Default.aspx, accessed 15 November 2011.

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Merritt, A., Stubbs, T. Incentives to Promote Green Citizenship in UK Transition Towns. Development 55, 96–103 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1057/dev.2011.113

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