ISBN:
9781849809993
,
9781849809986
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (XXII, 500 Seiten)
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Illustrationen, Diagramme
Series Statement:
Elgar original reference
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als The international handbook on social innovation
DDC:
303.484
Keywords:
Sozialer Wandel
;
Soziale Integration
;
Soziale Innovation
;
social innovation
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Handbuch
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Sozialinnovation
Abstract:
This enriching Handbook covers many aspects of the scientific and socio-political debates on social innovation today. The contributors provide an overview of theoretical perspectives, methodologies and instructive experiences from all continents, as well as implications for collective action and policy. They argue strongly for social innovation as a key to human development. The Handbook defines social innovation as innovation in social relations within both micro and macro spheres, with the purpose of satisfying unmet or new human needs across different layers of society. It connects social i
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; General introduction - the return of social innovation as a scientific concept and a social practice; PART I SOCIAL INNOVATION: FROM CONCEPT TO THEORY AND PRACTICE; Introduction - social innovation at the crossroads between science, economy and society; 1. Social innovation: intuition, precept, concept, theory and practice; 2. Social innovation in governance and public management systems; 3. Social innovation, social economy and social enterprise; 4. Social innovation in an unsustainable world
Description / Table of Contents:
5. Social innovation through arts and creativity6. Microcredit as a social innovation; 7. Social innovation for People; PART II SOCIAL INNOVATION THEORY: ITS ROLE IN KNOWLEDGE BUILDING; Introduction - social innovation - an idea longing for theory; 8. Social innovation research; 9. Social innovation; 10. Social sustainability; 11. Theorizing multi-level governance in social innovation dynamics; 12. Towards a Deleuzean-inspired methodology for social innovation research and practice; PART III INSTRUCTIVE CASE STUDIES IN SOCIAL INNOVATION ANALYSIS
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction - social innovation experience and action as a lead for research13. Just another roll of the dice; 14. From 'book container' to community centre; 15. Venturing off the beaten path; 16. Knowledge building and organizational behavior; 17. Going beyond physical urban planning interventions; 18. Social innovation through the arts in rural areas; PART IV SOCIAL INNOVATION ANALYSIS: METHODOLOGIES; Introduction - 'reality' as a guide for SI research methods?; 19. A transversal reading of social innovation in European cities
Description / Table of Contents:
20. Qualitative approaches for the study of socially innovative initiatives21. Research strategies for assets and strengths based community development; 22. Technological incubators of solidarity economy initiatives; 23. Partnership-based research; 24. Social innovation in public elder care; 25. Reflections on the form and content of Participatory Action Research; PART V COLLECTIVE ACTION, INSTITUTIONAL LEVERAGE AND PUBLIC POLICY; Introduction - the institutional space for social innovation; 26. Learning from case studies of social innovation in the field of social services
Description / Table of Contents:
27. The social and solidarity-based economy as a new field of public action28. The Québec Model; 29. The linkages between popular education and solidarity economy in Brazil; 30. Local associations in Chile; 31. Gender and social innovation; PART VI FRONTIERS IN SOCIAL INNOVATION RESEARCH; Introduction - the pillars of social innovation research and practice; 32. Innovative forms of knowledge production; 33. Holistic research methodology and pragmatic collective action; 34. Social innovation for community economies; 35. Framing social innovation research; Index
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