Making the most of community energies: Three perspectives on grassroots innovation
本文基于英国社区能源的实证研究，从战略利基管理、利基政策倡导和批判利基三种视角分析草根创新如何影响政策，并指出前两种视角限制了转型潜力，需引入第三种视角以推动社会变革。
Grassroots innovations for sustainability are attracting increasing policy attention. Drawing upon a wide range of empirical research into community energy in the UK, and taking recent support from national government as a case study, we apply three distinct analytical perspectives: strategic niche management, niche policy advocacy, and critical niches. Whilst the first and second perspectives appear to explain policy influence in grassroots innovation adequately, each also shuts out more transformational possibilities. We therefore argue that, if grassroots innovation is to realise its full potential, then we need to also pursue a third, critical niches perspective, and open up debate about more socially transformative pathways to sustainability.