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Social innovation : how societies find the power to change /
Geoff Mulgan, a pioneer in the global field of social innovation, explains how it provides answers to today's global social, economic and sustainability issues. He argues for matching R & D in technology and science with a socially focused R & D and harnessing creative imagination on a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Park Hill, Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL, USA :
Policy Press,
2019.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front cover; Halftitle Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of abbreviations; About the author; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The great imbalances; Part I: Making sense of social innovation; 1. What is social innovation and how is it done?; 2. The roots of social innovation and the fragile springs of social generativity; Part II: Challenges, roadblocks and systems; 3. The political context for social innovation now: Thesis, antithesis and synthesis; 4. Structural change and new social contracts: How innovation in welfare can address changing needs
- 5. Social production systems: What is the best unit for analysis and action?6. Place-based systems change: How can governments, funders and civil society achieve more together?; Part III: Sources, ideas and ways of seeing; 7. The theoretical foundations of social innovation: Sources, ideas and future directions; 8. Social science and intelligence design; 9. Observation, interpretation and activism: Sociology's role in social change; 10. Understanding how cultures change; 11. A theory of belonging: How do we feel at home?; 12. The interpretation of social change
- Part IV: Good and bad social innovation13. Know your impact (and in praise of better borrowing); 14. The evolution of measures that matter: How do we know if social innovation is working?; 15. Good and bad innovation: What theory and practice do we need to distinguish them?; Part V: Social innovation and the future; 16. Social innovation in the 2020s; 17. Thinking about the future; Part VI: Fresh thinking; 18. Sparks, ideas and comments; Notes; Index; Back cover