The international handbook of social innovation

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 7
Figures......Page 10
Tables......Page 11
Contributors......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 22
General introduction - the return of social innovation as a scientific concept and a social practice......Page 23
PART I SOCIAL INNOVATION: FROM CONCEPT TO THEORY AND PRACTICE......Page 29
Introduction - social innovation at the crossroads between science, economy and society......Page 31
1. Social innovation: intuition, precept, concept, theory and practice......Page 35
2. Social innovation in governance and public management systems......Page 47
3. Social innovation, social economy and social enterprise......Page 62
4. Social innovation in an unsustainable world......Page 75
5. Social innovation through arts and creativity......Page 89
6. Microcredit as a social innovation......Page 102
7. Social innovation for People......Page 115
PART II SOCIAL INNOVATION THEORY: ITS ROLE IN KNOWLEDGE BUILDING......Page 127
Introduction - social innovation - an idea longing for theory......Page 129
8. Social innovation research......Page 132
9. Social innovation......Page 153
10. Social sustainability......Page 164
11. Theorizing multi-level governance in social innovation dynamics......Page 177
12. Towards a Deleuzean-inspired methodology for social innovation research and practice......Page 191
PART III INSTRUCTIVE CASE STUDIES IN SOCIAL INNOVATION ANALYSIS......Page 203
Introduction - social innovation experience and action as a lead for research......Page 205
13. Just another roll of the dice......Page 208
14. From ‘book container’ to community centre......Page 219
15. Venturing off the beaten path......Page 229
16. Knowledge building and organizational behavior......Page 241
17. Going beyond physical urban planning interventions......Page 252
18. Social innovation through the arts in rural areas......Page 264
PART IV SOCIAL INNOVATION ANALYSIS: METHODOLOGIES......Page 279
Introduction - ‘reality’ as a guide for SI research methods?......Page 281
19. A transversal reading of social innovation in European cities......Page 286
20. Qualitative approaches for the study of socially innovative initiatives......Page 296
21. Research strategies for assets and strengths based community development......Page 307
22. Technological incubators of solidarity economy initiatives......Page 321
23. Partnership-based research......Page 330
24. Social innovation in public elder care......Page 342
25. Reflections on the form and content of Participatory Action Research......Page 354
PART V COLLECTIVE ACTION, INSTITUTIONAL LEVERAGE AND PUBLIC POLICY......Page 363
Introduction - the institutional space for social innovation......Page 365
26. Learning from case studies of social innovation in the field of social services......Page 368
27. The social and solidarity-based economy as a new field of public action......Page 383
28. The Québec Model......Page 393
29. The linkages between popular education and solidarity economy in Brazil......Page 406
30. Local associations in Chile......Page 419
31. Gender and social innovation......Page 434
PART VI FRONTIERS IN SOCIAL INNOVATION RESEARCH......Page 447
Introduction - the pillars of social innovation research and practice......Page 449
32. Innovative forms of knowledge production......Page 452
33. Holistic research methodology and pragmatic collective action......Page 464
34. Social innovation for community economies......Page 475
35. Framing social innovation research......Page 488
Index......Page 503