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Social Innovation: Comparative Perspectives book cover

1st Edition

Social Innovation Comparative Perspectives

By Helmut Anheier, Gorgi Krlev, Georg Mildenberger Copyright 2019
318 Pages
by Routledge

318 Pages
by Routledge

Social Innovation: Comparative Perspectives investigates socio-economic impact. Since it is hard to establish causality and to measure social properties when investigating impact, especially at the level of society, the book narrows down impact to one priority aspect: social innovation – understood as organizations’ capacity to generate novel ideas, ways and means of doing things, of addressing... Read more

Preface



Chapter Summaries





Part I: The question: Who are the innovators and how to find them? (Conceptual foundations)







  1. Introduction: Social innovation – What is it and who makes it?




    2. Gorgi Krlev, Helmut K. Anheier, Georg Mildenberger





  2. Research strategy: Identifying the actors – An open approach




    3. Gorgi Krlev, Helmut K. Anheier, Georg Mildenberger





  3. Methods: A process tracing of social innovations in 7 fields of activity across Europe




    4. Gorgi Krlev, Helmut K. Anheier, Georg Mildenberger





    Part II: The evidence: Social innovation and actor involvement (Empirics)





  4. Arts & Culture: Arts for spatial rejuvenation




    5. Giulia Cancellieri, Alex Turrini, María José Sanzo Perez, Noelia Salido-Andres, Jeanet Kullberg, Aurélie Cognat





  5. Social Services: New governance arrangements




    6. Marta Rey-Garcia, Ana Felgueiras, Annette Bauer, Torbjörn Einarsson, Giulia Cancellieri





  6. Health Care: The recovery approach to mental health




    7. Annette Bauer, Vladimir Hyanek, Maria Figueroa, Sarah Sandford





  7. Environmental Sustainability: Promoting public spaces for bicycle use




    8. Maria Figueroa, Jiri Navratil, Alex Turrini, Gorgi Krlev





  8. Consumer Protection: Online financial education




    9. Vladimir Hyanek, Jiri Navratil, Klára Placier, Maria Figueroa, Begoña Alvarez Garcia, Luis Ignacio Alvarez Gonzalez





  9. Work integration: Cross-sector partnerships




    10. Bernard Leca, Sarah Sandford, Aurélie Cognat, Anne-Claire Pache, Vanessa Mato Santiso, Vladimir Hyanek, Gorgi Krlev





  10. Community development: Self-organised integration of refugees




    11. Wouter Mensink, Elisa Ricciuti, Lucia Čemová, Annette Bauer





    Part III: Synthesis: Social innovation conditions





  11. Results: The comparative analysis




    12. Gorgi Krlev, Helmut K. Anheier, Georg Mildenberger





  12. Conclusions and implications for research, policy and practice




Gorgi Krlev, Helmut K. Anheier, Georg Mildenberger





References



Index

Biography

Prof Helmut K. Anheier is the academic director of the Centre for Social Investment at the University of Heidelberg, past President of the Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany, and holds adjunct professorial positions at the London School of Economics and UCLA.



Dr Gorgi Krlev is a research associate at the Centre for Social Investment at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.



Dr Georg Mildenberger is head of research at the Centre for Social Investment at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.





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