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Galen, Martin Nishida, Asuka 2025-08-25T17:58:30Z 2005-03 https://hdl.handle.net/1794/31585 55 pages One of the aims of this study is to explore these meanings of the sense of place, which I will argue, are essential to establishing effective strategies for sustainability at the local level. The transition to sustainability should be based on citizen participation and democracy. In order for these changes to take place, people must be empowered to make differences. Eugene, Oregon is one of the communities in which the process of localization has been successfully taking place in response to globalization. Therefore, the paper seeks to answer in part the question of how and under what circumstances can the collective identity of local people process localization and frame strategies for the transition to sustainability, focusing on Eugene as the main unit of analysis. en_US University of Oregon Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-US Localism Globalization Sustainability Eugene Community In Search of Localism: Local Identity and the Transition to Sustainability Thesis / Dissertationopen.access