Baglioni / Sinclair Social Innovation and Social Policy

Theory, Policy and Practice
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-4473-2014-2
Verlag: Policy Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 136 Seiten

Social innovation has become a prominent theme in discussions of social policy reform across the world. This book examines why social innovation is important to social policy analysis. It discusses the theoretical and policy context of this concept; its origin and background; why it has emerged to prominence in recent years and how it has been applied.

The book relates social innovation to key debates and issues in social policy. These include competing agency and structural explanations of and solutions to social problems; the relative efficacy of government and civil society initiatives, and the capacity of community and/or service user-led responses to address social problems. The book will be a valuable resource for a wide, international readership including social and public policy analysts, policy makers, practitioners and students.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baglioni, Simone

Sinclair, Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensführung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Introducing social Innovation

Social innovation and social policy

Social innovation and food poverty

Social innovation and care provision

Social innovation and employment

Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Baglioni, Simone
Simone Baglioni is Professor of Sociology in the Department of economics and management at the University of Parma, Italy. He was the PI and coordinator of the EU funded Sirius project.

Sinclair, Stephen
Stephen Sinclair is Reader in Social Policy in the Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health at Glasgow Caledonian University.

Simone Baglioni is Professor of Politics in the Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health at Glasgow Caledonian University. He is the coordinator of the EU Horizon 2020 project SIRIUS and a principal investigator in the "TransSol" and “Fab-Move” projects dealing with social innovation and collective actions issues.

Stephen Sinclair is Professor of Social Policy and a researcher in the Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University. He is co-Director of the Scottish Poverty and Inequality Research Unit at GCU.