New Frontiers in Social Innovation Research

293 Pages·2015·1.646 MB·English

by  Alex Nicholls, Julie Simon, Madeleine Gabriel (eds.)

New Frontiers in Social Innovation Research
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New Frontiers in Social
Innovation Research
Edited by
Alex Nicholls
Professor of Social Entrepreneurship, University of Oxford, UK
Julie Simon
Research Programme Lead, The Young Foundation, UK
and
Madeleine Gabriel
Principal Researcher, Nesta, UK
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New frontiers in social innovation research / [edited by] Alex Nicholls, Julie
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1. Social entrepreneurship. 2. Social change. 3. Diffusion of innovations—
Social aspects. 4. Technological innovations—Social aspects. I. Nicholls,
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Contents
List of Figures and Tables ix
Foreword: The Study of Social Innovation – Theory, Practice and Progress x
by Geoff Mulgan
Acknowledgements xxi
Notes on Contributors xxii
Introduction: Dimensions of Social Innovation 1
Alex Nicholls, Julie Simon and Madeleine Gabriel
Part I Researching Social Innovation
1 Social Innovations as Drivers of Social Change – Exploring
Tarde’s Contribution to Social Innovation Theory Building 29
Jürgen Howaldt, Ralf Kopp and Michael Schwarz
2 At the Root of Change: The History of Social Innovation 52
Katharine McGowan and Frances Westley
3 A Relational Database to Understand Social Innovation
and Its Impact on Social Transformation 69
Marie J. Bouchard, Catherine Trudelle, Louise Briand,
Juan-Luis Klein, Benoît Lévesque, David Longtin and
Mathieu Pelletie
Part II Blurring Boundaries and Reconfiguring Relations
4 Social Innovation: Redesigning the Welfare Diamond 89
Jane Jenson
5 Social Innovation for Social Cohesion 107
Adalbert Evers and Benjamin Ewert
6 Collaborative Services in Informal Settlements:
Social Innovation in a Pacified Favela in Rio de Janeiro 128
Carla Cipolla, Patricia Melo and Ezio Manzini
Part III Producing Social Innovation through
New Forms of Collaboration
7 Enhancing Public Innovation through Collaboration,
Leadership and New Public Governance 145
Eva Sørensen and Jacob Torfing
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8 Seoul City’s Social Innovation Strategy: New Models of
Communication to Strengthen Citizen Engagement 170
Jungwon Kim, Sojung Rim, Sunkyung Han and Ahyoung Park
9 Can Collective Intelligence Produce Social Innovation? 192
Ola Tjornbo
10 The Usefulness of Networks: A Study of Social
Innovation in India 212
Lina Sonne
Conclusion: The Task of the Social Innovation Movement 233
Roberto Mangabeira Unger
Index 252
List of Figures and Tables
Figures
I.1 The social innovation triad 9
6.1 A Light Recicla collection point 132
6.2 Recyclable materials separated at a Light Recicla
collection point 133
6.3 Light Recicla service process 134
8.1 Overview of SMG online and offline communication
tools and programmes 179
Tables
I.1 Levels of social innovation 4
I.2 Dimensions of social innovation 4
5.1 Five dimensions of recurring innovative features 112
7.1 Comparison of New Public Management and
New Public Governance 163
8.1 SMG’s online communication tools 176
8.2 SMG’s offline communication tools 178
9.1 Phases and mechanisms of social innovation 196
10.1 Case study selection 217
10.2 Summary of case studies’ networks 225
10.3 Change in networks over time 227
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