Green partnerships between community groups and local councils
Powerful new partnerships with the common aim of achieving a more environmentally and economically sustainable future can be forged by community action groups and local authorities - which often regard each other with mutual suspicion and mistrust according to social scientists. The project, jointly funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Scottish Funding Council (SFC), the Local Authorities and the Research Councils’ Initiative (LARCI) focused on Scotland, particularly the region of Fife. "Community groups often perceive local authorities as an obstacle to