Books by Diana MacCallum

This book focuses on the potential and possibilities for socially innovative responses to the climate emergency at the local scale. The authors focus on the creative and collaborative ways local- scale climate action reflects the extra-ordinary measures taken by ordinary people.

Introduces the methodology of critical discourse analysis (CDA) to the study of participatory planning. This book examines the talk between the various participants in a formal stakeholder committee context over five years, during which time they went through several phases of changing power dynamics, conflict and reconciliation.

The concept of social innovation offers an alternative perspective on development and regional transformation which puts forward innovation in social relations. This book explores social innovation and how it affects life, society and economy, especially, but not exclusively, at the local and regional level.