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• W2069277793 abstract "AbstractThis article explores the relationship between localism and contemporary community engagement. In particular, it focuses on the Transition movement, an especially interesting case, given its localistic and community-oriented nature. The article begins with a short discussion of more traditional conceptions of localism. Subsequently, it examines Transition and discusses the relation between the movement and localism. It is argued that, despite some overlap, the relationship between localism and community groups like Transition Initiatives is problematic for theoretical and practical reasons. The ideas underpinning localist reforms and the Transition movement seem to differ widely, and these divergences do emerge in important discussions within the movement, a point illustrated here by a brief overview of the debate about the Big Society in the UK. At the same time, as the four case studies of Transitions in Australia and Italy show, there are also more practical concerns. Here, an initial problem is that there is a tension between the movement's open approach to institutional practice and actual everyday practice. The participants' frustration with, and scepticism towards, politics shapes the nature of their collaboration with councils. Indeed, often, the efforts of one (or very few) participants, rather than of the broader community, may underpin the relationship between the Transition movement and local institutions. Moreover, whilst groups may seek to tackle this problem and engage with communities, local institutions seem to encourage only limited, and sometimes problematic, interactions with community organisations. To the extent that localist agendas do not address these shortcomings, it seems unlikely that they will be able to promote deeper engagement between community organisations and local institutions.Keywords: Big Societylocalismtransition movement AcknowledgementsI would like to thank John Dryzek, Selen Ayirtman Ercan, and David Marsh for their helpful comments on earlier drafts of this article.Notes1. ‘Transition Initiative’ is preferable to the original ‘Transition Town’ denomination, as Transition projects are run at all levels from streets, to entire cities or regions.2. The movement's characterisation of the problem of peak oil in particular is wide. As a simple illustration to Transition, the idea of peak oil refers to the moment in which the highest production of oil is reached and the ensuing reduction in extraction rate that implies a raise in the price of this fundamental resource. Such a phenomenon, it is argued, is nearing if not already occurred (See e.g. Hopkins Citation2008a, 18–25). Over the years, however, besides these two key issues, there has been a tendency to include also other concerns of which the financial crisis is probably the most prominent example.3. Unlike localisation which will receive more attention in the paper, only a general illustration of the Transition's idea of resilience can be offered. To Hopkins (Citation2008a, 54) ‘resilience in the context of communities and settlements, … refers to their ability to not collapse at first sight of oil or food shortages, and their ability to respond with adaptability to disturbance’.4. The Transition book on the relationship with local councils offers a particularly vast illustration of engagement between Transition Initiatives and local institutions (see Rowell Citation2010).5. The Transitions I researched nearby Bologna and in Brisbane area undertook similar initiative. In particular, in the former case the local council had initiated a strategic partnership with the local Transition and the latter Transition utilising a Council grant run a small project to improve the energetic situation in the community.6. According to Stoker (Citation2004, 117) localism does embody elements of ‘pure rhetoric’, especially in the way it is promoted in parties’ discussions.7. Indeed often Transition-inspired enterprises are legal entities and registered companies running their activities in the context of existing market and political structures.8. Historically a particularly important community in that neighbourhood.9. These observations seem largely in line with Quilley's (Citation2011, 10) remark that ‘Transition is a movement of liberal, highly educated cosmopolitans with left-liberal political inclinations and a strong attachment to the institutions of liberal-social democracies’." @default.
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