People-Centered Social Innovation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook People-Centered Social Innovation write by Swati Banerjee. This book was released on 2019-07-10. People-Centered Social Innovation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Social Innovation is emerging as an alternate interdisciplinary development pathway of knowledge and practice that aims to understand and address contemporary complexities and multi – dimensional social realities. BEPA (2011) defines social innovation as, ‘innovations that are social in both their ends and means’. However, though Social Innovation is a widely-used term; its conceptual understanding and the specific relation to social change remains under explored. People Centered Social Innovation: Global perspectives on an Emerging Paradigm attempts to revisit and extend the existing understanding of Social Innovation in practice by focusing upon the lived realities of marginalized groups and communities. The emerging field of people-centered development is placed in dialogue with theory and concepts from the more established field of social innovation to create a new approach; one that adopts a global perspective, engaging with very different experiences of marginality across the global north and south. Theoretically, ‘People Centered Social Innovation: Global Perspectives on an Emerging Paradigm’ draws upon ‘northern’ understandings of change and improvement as well as ‘southern’ theory concerns for epistemological diversity and meaning making. The result is an experiment aimed at reimagining research and practice that seriously needs to center the actor in processes of social transformation.
Encyclopedia of Social Innovation
Encyclopedia of Social Innovation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Encyclopedia of Social Innovation write by Jürgen Howaldt. This book was released on 2023-10-06. Encyclopedia of Social Innovation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This invaluable Encyclopedia presents an interdisciplinary and comprehensive overview of the field of social innovation, providing an insightful view into potential future developments both practically and theoretically. This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.
Social Innovations in Post-Soviet Countries
Social Innovations in Post-Soviet Countries - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Social Innovations in Post-Soviet Countries write by Bakhrom Radjabov. This book was released on 2022-06-01. Social Innovations in Post-Soviet Countries available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book evaluates the evolution of social innovation in post-Soviet Central Asia, Eastern Europe and Caucasus. Following the dissolution of the USSR, organisations such as the UNDP have encouraged local communities and governments to innovate in order to find solutions to existing social problems. This book demonstrates that progress with social innovations has varied, with countries with low government support such as Uzbekistan struggling, whereas countries with better government support and a more active civil society, such as Armenia and Ukraine, have seen more positive results. Covering the period 2012-2020 and a broad range of countries, including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, Moldova, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia, this book provides an impressively broad-ranging critical analysis of post-Soviet social innovation. Including social innovations emerging as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak, this will be an important comparative study for researchers and practitioners working on social innovation, and to those with an interest in post-Soviet development.
Learning about Social Entrepreneurship and Management in Times of Social Transformation
Learning about Social Entrepreneurship and Management in Times of Social Transformation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Learning about Social Entrepreneurship and Management in Times of Social Transformation write by Luise Li Langergaard. This book was released on 2024-01-01. Learning about Social Entrepreneurship and Management in Times of Social Transformation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The book brings together perspectives on entrepreneurship research, education and practice to understand social entrepreneurship in its wider societal, political and economic context. Its unique contribution comes from its interdisciplinary approach that spans from the societal to the organizational level, with specific focus social innovation and management. It views management of social entrepreneurship and social enterprise in light of its societal context and employs social innovation to critically assess social entrepreneurship as driver of change. The emergence of social entrepreneurship as an academic field is linked to several societal trends such as public austerity, financial crises, new social challenges and a growing counter-movement to globalised capitalism. Generally seen as organisations serving both social and economic objectives, social enterprises, social innovation and social entrepreneurship have their roots in civil society, civic activism or the solidarity economy, but also manifest themselves as for-profit companies, with new organisational forms emerging and old ones changing. The contributions in this book elucidate these developments and the role of social entrepreneurs and social enterprises. Furthermore, the book offers great insight into the specific ways of managing, leading and creating innovation in social enterprises as well as perspectives on how to understand their social impact or value creation.
Handbook on Social Innovation and Social Policy
Handbook on Social Innovation and Social Policy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Handbook on Social Innovation and Social Policy write by Stephen Sinclair. This book was released on 2024-03-14. Handbook on Social Innovation and Social Policy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Applying a critical perspective to stimulate dialogue and mutual learning between the interconnected fields of social innovation and social policy analysis, this dynamic Handbook investigates the often-contested relationship between these two areas of enquiry and practice. Bringing together discerning contributions from a diverse team of international scholars and analysts, it explores key policy insights, practical lessons and advances in theoretical understanding which can be drawn from social innovation and social policy.
