International Handbook on Social Innovation

Edited by Frank Moulaert, Emeritus Professor of Spatial Planning, KU Leuven, Belgium, Diana MacCallum, Senior Lecturer, Urban and Regional Planning, School of Design and Built Environment,Curtin University, Western Australia, Abid Mehmood, Senior Lecturer in International Planning and Sustainability, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, UK and Abdelillah Hamdouch, University of Tours, France

• Contents:General Introduction: The Return of Social Innovation as a Scientific Concept and a Social PracticeFrank Moulaert, Diana MacCallum, Abid Mehmood and Abdelillah HamdouchPART I: SOCIAL INNOVATION: FROM CONCEPT TO THEORY AND PRACTICEIntroduction: Social Innovation at the Crossroads between Science, Economy and SocietyJuan-Luis Klein1. Social Innovation: Intuition, Precept, Concept, Theory and PracticeFrank Moulaert, Diana MacCallum and Jean Hillier2. Social Innovation in Governance and Public Management Systems: Toward a New Paradigm?Benoît Lévesque3. Social Innovation, Social Economy and Social Enterprise: What Can the European Debate Tell Us?Jacques Defourny and Marthe Nyssens4. Social Innovation in an Unsustainable WorldAbid Mehmood and Constanza Parra5. Social Innovation through Arts and CreativityDiane-Gabrielle Tremblay and Thomas Pilati6. Microcredit as a Social InnovationArvind Ashta, Karl Dayson, Rajat Gera, Samanthala Hettihewa, N.V. Krishna and Christopher Wright7. Social Innovation for People-Centred DevelopmentLars Hulgård and P.K. ShajahanPART II: SOCIAL INNOVATION THEORY: ITS ROLE IN KNOWLEDGE BUILDINGIntroduction: Social Innovation – An Idea Longing for TheoryStijn Oosterlynck8. Social Innovation Research: A New Stage in Innovation Analysis?Bob Jessop, Frank Moulaert, Lars Hulgård and Abdelillah Hamdouch9. Social Innovation: A Territorial ProcessBarbara Van Dyck and Pieter Van den Broeck10. Social Sustainability: A Competing Concept to Social Innovation?Constanza Parra11. Theorizing Multi-level Governance in Social Innovation DynamicsMarc Pradel Miquel, Marisol García Cabeza and Santiago Eizaguirre Anglada12. Towards a Deleuzean-inspired Methodology for Social Innovation Research and PracticeJean HillierPART III: INSTRUCTIVE CASE STUDIES IN SOCIAL INNOVATION ANALYSISIntroduction: Social Innovation Experience and Action as a Lead for ResearchStuart Cameron13. Just Another Roll of the Dice: A Socially Creative Initiative to Assure Roma Housing in North Western ItalyTommaso Vitale and Andrea Membretti14. From ‘Book Container’ to Community CentreJohn Andersen, Kristian Delica and Martin Severin Frandsen15. Venturing Off the Beaten Path: Social Innovation and Settlement Upgrading in Voi, KenyaEmmanuel Midheme16. Knowledge Building and Organizational Behavior: The Mondragón Case from a Social Innovation PerspectiveIgor Calzada17. Going Beyond Physical Urban Planning Interventions: Fostering Social Innovation through Urban Renewal in Brugse Poort, GhentStijn Oosterlynck and Pascal Debruyne18. Social Innovation through the Arts in Rural Areas: The Case of Montemor-o-NovoIsabel André, Alexandre Abreu and André CarmoPART IV: SOCIAL INNOVATION ANALYSIS: METHODOLOGIESIntroduction: ‘Reality’ as a Guide for SI Research Methods?Abdelillah Hamdouch19. A Transversal Reading of Social Innovation in European CitiesSerena Vicari Haddock and Chiara Tornaghi20. Qualitative Approaches for the Study of Socially Innovation InitiativesHaris Konstantatos, Dimitra Siatitsa, Dina Vaiou21. Research Strategies for Assets and Strengths Based Community DevelopmentNola Kunnen, Diana MacCallum and Susan Young22. Technological Incubators of Solidarity Economy Initiatives: A Methodology for Promoting Social Innovation in BrazilAna Dubeux23. Partnership-based Research: Coproduction of Knowledge and Contribution to Social InnovationJean-Marc Fontan, Denis Harrisson and Juan-Luis Klein24. Social Innovation in Public Elder Care: The Role of Action ResearchJohn Andersen and Annette Bilfeldt25. Reflections on the Form and Content of Participatory Action Research and Implications for Social Innovation ResearchLen ArthurPART V: COLLECTIVE ACTION, INSTITUTIONAL LEVERAGE AND PUBLIC POLICYIntroduction: The Institutional Space for Social InnovationDiana MacCallum26. Learning from Case Studies of Social Innovation in the Field of Social Services: Creatively Balancing Top-down Universalism with Bottom-up DemocracyFlavia Martinelli27. The Social and Solidarity-based Economy as a New Field of Public Action: A Policy and Method for Promoting Social InnovationLaurent Fraisse28. The Québec Model: A Social Innovation System Founded on Cooperation and Consensus BuildingJuan-Luis Klein, Jean-Marc Fontan, Denis Harrisson and Benoît Lévesque29. The Linkages between Popular Education and Solidarity Economy in Brazil: An Historical PerspectiveAna Cristina Fernandes, Andreas Novy and Paul Singer30. Local Associations in Chile: Social Innovation in a Mature Neoliberal SocietyVicente Espinoza31. Gender and Social Innovation: The Role of EU PoliciesIsabel AndréPART VI: FRONTIERS IN SOCIAL INNOVATION RESEARCHIntroduction: The Pillars of Social Innovation Research and PracticeSerena Vicari Haddock32. Innovative Forms of Knowledge Production: Transdisciplinarity and Knowledge AlliancesAndreas Novy, Sarah Habersack and Barbara Schaller33. Holistic Research Methodology and Pragmatic Collective ActionFrank Moulaert and Abid Mehmood34. Social Innovation for Community Economies: How Action Research Creates ‘Other Worlds’J.K. Gibson-Graham and Gerda Roelvink35. Framing Social Innovation Research: A Sociology of Knowledge PerspectiveFrank Moulaert and Barbara Van DyckIndex

'Moulaert, MacCallum, Mehmood and Hamdouch's International Handbook on Social Innovation is a refreshing and stimulating contribution to Edward Elgar's line of handbooks, appropriate for primarily academics and graduate students researching social innovation, through theoretically oriented practitioners interested in the topic will find much to learn from the book as well.'--Gordon Shockley, Journal of Regional Science'In an era where social innovation is re-emerging as an important policy framework for bringing social transformation, this volume is a significant contribution to the theory and practice of social innovation. The incremental discussion from concepts to theory to practice and then to social innovation research is supported by cases literally from all over the globe. It moves the discourse from isolated models of neighbourhood engagements and social enterprises, to a comprehensive, multidimensional approach combining needs, social relations and empowerment. A must read for academicians, learners, practitioners and policy makers alike.'--S. Parasuraman, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India'Social innovation is an important instrument for understanding how contemporary societies deal with social change and how social practices and policies intended to combat poverty and social exclusion are developed and implemented effectively. The Handbook offers a valuable contribution to the development of a clear, transdisciplinary and critical understanding of social innovation practices. The reader will find an in-depth discussion of the most important theoretical approaches to the concept and a thorough exposition of the epistemological and methodological framework for research in social innovation. The volume includes a number of interesting case studies in different areas of social change and issues of policy and governance.'--Enzo Mingione, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy