Flatpack democracy: Power and politics at the boundaries of transition
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چکیده
This paper seeks to critically assess how “radical” sustainability approaches that challenge “mainstream” development trajectories—and politics—are crafted and contested within local government. We explore the extent which these account for a consolidation, break down or transformation of role boundaries political identities their implications politics niche–regime dynamics. In our in-depth study Independents Frome (Somerset, UK), an “independent” group who took control town council in 2011 consolidated non-partisan approach its administrative functions, referred as “Flatpack Democracy” model, we take closer look at adversarialism intersection power dynamics The findings reveal capture mainstream institutions by niche “protagonists” through orchestration consolidation transition governance, woven strategically opportunistically into new forms localized interface, helped create community-level regime governance. suggest informal institutional capital, such personal ties can impact on legitimacy, accountability, validation agendas. Our also advance debates thresholds “liminal spaces”, interstitial spaces between previous way knowing doing, way. Here ground rules dictating socio-political norms are unclear, collaborative actions potentially working cross-purposes and/or multiple (transformative) exercised simultaneously distinct moments, instantiations transition. That is, there remains much-needed theoretical debate around fragile imperfect processes democratization everyday management.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Policy and Governance
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1756-932X', '1756-9338']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.1931