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Abstract
This chapter addresses the consolidation processes of socially innovative initiatives. In particular, it aims at understanding which are the conditions favouring or constraining their (at least potential) survival and/or development.
We consider social innovation as a relational process, which is contextually embedded. It raises as a reaction to the inability of consolidated policies in meeting emerging or existing needs and its potential growth or consolidation may depend (also) on the governance systems’ capacity to identify, accept and share new ideas. It challenges the conventional policy balances, existing stakeholders’ relations and distribution of power and resources. For this reason, it may create conflicts and contestations. It might also challenge the multi-level institutional arrangements with the aim of expanding and influencing broader contexts.
The chapter focuses mainly on the relation and interaction of social innovation with the respective institutional contexts from the perspective of the consolidation of socially innovative initiatives. In particular, it analyses the conditions at the very basis of the consolidation process, trying to identify the main dimensions influencing it. The analyses addresses the conditions according to which they succeed or fail in developing, mainly highlighting the processes through which they try to integrate into mainstream policies and exert their influence on the wider policies fighting poverty and social exclusion
We consider social innovation as a relational process, which is contextually embedded. It raises as a reaction to the inability of consolidated policies in meeting emerging or existing needs and its potential growth or consolidation may depend (also) on the governance systems’ capacity to identify, accept and share new ideas. It challenges the conventional policy balances, existing stakeholders’ relations and distribution of power and resources. For this reason, it may create conflicts and contestations. It might also challenge the multi-level institutional arrangements with the aim of expanding and influencing broader contexts.
The chapter focuses mainly on the relation and interaction of social innovation with the respective institutional contexts from the perspective of the consolidation of socially innovative initiatives. In particular, it analyses the conditions at the very basis of the consolidation process, trying to identify the main dimensions influencing it. The analyses addresses the conditions according to which they succeed or fail in developing, mainly highlighting the processes through which they try to integrate into mainstream policies and exert their influence on the wider policies fighting poverty and social exclusion
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Local Social Innovation to Combat Poverty and Exclusion |
| Subtitle of host publication | A critical appraisal |
| Publisher | The Policy Press |
| Chapter | 9 |
| Pages | 189-216 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1447338468 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1447338444 |
| Publication status | Published - 7 Nov 2019 |
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 509012 Social policy
- 506014 Comparative politics
Research output
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Local social innovation to combat poverty. A critical appraisal
Oosterlynck, S. (ed.), Novy, A. (ed.) & Kazepov, Y. A. K. (ed.), 27 Nov 2019, The Policy Press. 276 p.Publications: Book › Collection › Peer Reviewed