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Handbook on Social Innovation and Social Policy
Applying a critical perspective to stimulate dialogue and mutual learning between the interconnected fields of social innovation and social policy analysis, this dynamic Handbook investigates the often-contested relationship between these two areas of enquiry and practice. Bringing together discerning contributions from a diverse team of international scholars and analysts, it explores key policy insights, practical lessons and advances in theoretical understanding which can be drawn from social innovation and social policy.
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Applying a critical perspective to stimulate dialogue and mutual learning between the interconnected fields of social innovation and social policy analysis, this dynamic Handbook investigates the often-contested relationship between these two areas of enquiry and practice.
Bringing together discerning contributions from a diverse team of international scholars and analysts, the Handbook explores key policy insights, practical lessons and advances in theoretical understanding which can be drawn from social innovation and social policy. Chapters examine a comprehensive range of social issues and policy areas including sustainable development, employment, immigration, financial exclusion, digital services, food provision, health and social care, and gender equality. Presenting distinctive new insights into how social innovation and social policy can address these issues, the Handbook ultimately considers how social innovation can offer solutions and ways forward in response to emerging social problems and persistent welfare needs.
This expansive Handbook will be invaluable for academics, scholars, and advanced students of social policy, social innovation and enterprise, public management and administration, and politics. Locating the relationship between social innovation and social policy in historical, theoretical, and practical contexts, it will also benefit civil society organisations and public policymakers tasked with developing and implementing innovations and reforms in key policy areas.
Bringing together discerning contributions from a diverse team of international scholars and analysts, the Handbook explores key policy insights, practical lessons and advances in theoretical understanding which can be drawn from social innovation and social policy. Chapters examine a comprehensive range of social issues and policy areas including sustainable development, employment, immigration, financial exclusion, digital services, food provision, health and social care, and gender equality. Presenting distinctive new insights into how social innovation and social policy can address these issues, the Handbook ultimately considers how social innovation can offer solutions and ways forward in response to emerging social problems and persistent welfare needs.
This expansive Handbook will be invaluable for academics, scholars, and advanced students of social policy, social innovation and enterprise, public management and administration, and politics. Locating the relationship between social innovation and social policy in historical, theoretical, and practical contexts, it will also benefit civil society organisations and public policymakers tasked with developing and implementing innovations and reforms in key policy areas.
Critical Acclaim
‘The Handbook on Social Innovation and Social Policy will prove invaluable for academics, scholars, and advanced students of social policy, social innovation and enterprise, public management and administration, and politics. Locating the relationship between social innovation and social policy in historical, theoretical, and practical contexts, it will also benefit civil society organisations and public policymakers tasked with developing and implementing innovations and reforms in key policy areas.’
– John Burroughs, Reviewer''s Bookwatch
‘Bringing social policy and social innovation into important conversations, this is a must read for scholars studying the complex problems of our day. Taking a critical stance, the contributors highlight the importance of participatory practices across a range of places and issues.’
– Christine M. Beckman, University of Southern California, US
‘How to reverse the disconnections between social innovations and social policy systems? This question might open up a fruitful perspective from where to read the manifold contributions to this Handbook. They deal not only with impediments but moreover with ways for a new and better intertwining of both levels.’
– Adalbert Evers, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany
‘The contributions to this Handbook critically examine the relationship between social innovation and social policy, which is inherently a complex and dynamic one. Rather than losing itself to yet more conceptual explorations, it addresses the key policy issues of our time. This will be a valuable resource for students and researchers alike.’
– Taco Brandsen, Radboud University, the Netherlands
– John Burroughs, Reviewer''s Bookwatch
‘Bringing social policy and social innovation into important conversations, this is a must read for scholars studying the complex problems of our day. Taking a critical stance, the contributors highlight the importance of participatory practices across a range of places and issues.’
– Christine M. Beckman, University of Southern California, US
‘How to reverse the disconnections between social innovations and social policy systems? This question might open up a fruitful perspective from where to read the manifold contributions to this Handbook. They deal not only with impediments but moreover with ways for a new and better intertwining of both levels.’
– Adalbert Evers, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany
‘The contributions to this Handbook critically examine the relationship between social innovation and social policy, which is inherently a complex and dynamic one. Rather than losing itself to yet more conceptual explorations, it addresses the key policy issues of our time. This will be a valuable resource for students and researchers alike.’
– Taco Brandsen, Radboud University, the Netherlands
Contributors
Contributors include: Simone Baglioni, Swati Banerjee, Dipannita Bhattacharjee, Peter Beresford, Francesca Caló, Victoria Ciudad-Real, Eléonore Compère, Gift Dafuleya, Benedetta De Pieri, Anna Domaradzka-Widła, Benjamin Ewert, Giovanni Fosti, Raquel Gallego-Calderón, Tuur Ghys, Richard Hazenberg, Rick Hölsgens, Jürgen Howaldt, Lars Hulgård, Urs Jäger, Rana Jawad, Christoph Kaletka, Wendelin Küpers, Danielle Logue, Anna Macintyre, Lara Maestripieri, Neil McHugh, Geoff Mulgan, Elisabetta Notarnicola, Gary Painter, Claire Paterson-Young, Eleonora Perobelli, Richard Pfeilstetter, Emmanuel Raufflet, Abdul Shaban, Stephen Sinclair, José Pablo Valverde, Martine Vézina, Rafael Ziegler
Contents
Contents:
1 Introduction: social innovation and social policy: a critical relationship 1
Stephen Sinclair and Simone Baglioni
2 Social innovation and public policy 15
Geoff Mulgan
3 Social innovation and social policy analysis 24
Stephen Sinclair
4 Richard M. Titmuss revisited: social innovation and the crises ecosystem 38
Lars Hulgård
5 The impact of social innovation on local welfare policy: lessons from
a capability perspective 49
Lara Maestripieri and Raquel Gallego-Calderón
6 Deliberate social innovations: on policy impact and policy transfer 62
Tuur Ghys
7 Methodological resilience: researching social inclusion and social
innovation in Latin America 73
Urs Jäger, Wendelin Küpers and José Pablo Valverde
8 Paying for and providing social policies and social innovations 91
Danielle Logue
9 Social policy, social innovation and gender equality 104
Anna Domaradzka-Widła
10 Social innovation and sustainable development 120
Jürgen Howaldt, Rick Hölsgens and Christoph Kaletka
11 Social innovation and social policy in Sub-Saharan Africa 132
Gift Dafuleya
12 Social innovation in the Middle East and North Africa Region:
implications for social policy thinking and practice 144
Rana Jawad
13 Exploring interrelationships between social innovation, social policy,
and people-centred social change in India 159
Swati Banerjee, Abdul Shaban and Dipannita Bhattacharjee
14 Social policy, social innovation and health: tackling health inequalities
in the United Kingdom 173
Neil McHugh and Anna Macintyre
15 Innovating health services: the role of embedded social innovation movements 187
Benjamin Ewert
16 Social policy, social innovation and older people 199
Giovanni Fosti, Elisabetta Notarnicola and Eleonora Perobelli
17 Social innovation and migration 211
Simone Baglioni
18 Top-down funded employment integration programmes: promoting
bottom-up social innovation to empower the disadvantaged 219
Richard Hazenberg and Claire Paterson-Young
19 Social innovation and collaborative governance: the case of surplus
food redistribution 235
Benedetta De Pieri and Francesca Caló
20 Between green economy and reformism: an exploration of circular
economy and social economy policy convergence in Quebec 245
Rafael Ziegler, Eléonore Compère, Emmanuel Raufflet and Martine Vézina
21 Alternative platforms? On the dilemmas of policy and innovation in
digital infrastructure 264
Richard Pfeilstetter
22 Design thinking for social innovation 275
Victoria Ciudad-Real and Gary Painter
23 Social innovation and citizen participation: the crucial coupling 287
Peter Beresford
24 Conclusion: the future of social innovation and social policy 297
Stephen Sinclair and Simone Baglioni
1 Introduction: social innovation and social policy: a critical relationship 1
Stephen Sinclair and Simone Baglioni
2 Social innovation and public policy 15
Geoff Mulgan
3 Social innovation and social policy analysis 24
Stephen Sinclair
4 Richard M. Titmuss revisited: social innovation and the crises ecosystem 38
Lars Hulgård
5 The impact of social innovation on local welfare policy: lessons from
a capability perspective 49
Lara Maestripieri and Raquel Gallego-Calderón
6 Deliberate social innovations: on policy impact and policy transfer 62
Tuur Ghys
7 Methodological resilience: researching social inclusion and social
innovation in Latin America 73
Urs Jäger, Wendelin Küpers and José Pablo Valverde
8 Paying for and providing social policies and social innovations 91
Danielle Logue
9 Social policy, social innovation and gender equality 104
Anna Domaradzka-Widła
10 Social innovation and sustainable development 120
Jürgen Howaldt, Rick Hölsgens and Christoph Kaletka
11 Social innovation and social policy in Sub-Saharan Africa 132
Gift Dafuleya
12 Social innovation in the Middle East and North Africa Region:
implications for social policy thinking and practice 144
Rana Jawad
13 Exploring interrelationships between social innovation, social policy,
and people-centred social change in India 159
Swati Banerjee, Abdul Shaban and Dipannita Bhattacharjee
14 Social policy, social innovation and health: tackling health inequalities
in the United Kingdom 173
Neil McHugh and Anna Macintyre
15 Innovating health services: the role of embedded social innovation movements 187
Benjamin Ewert
16 Social policy, social innovation and older people 199
Giovanni Fosti, Elisabetta Notarnicola and Eleonora Perobelli
17 Social innovation and migration 211
Simone Baglioni
18 Top-down funded employment integration programmes: promoting
bottom-up social innovation to empower the disadvantaged 219
Richard Hazenberg and Claire Paterson-Young
19 Social innovation and collaborative governance: the case of surplus
food redistribution 235
Benedetta De Pieri and Francesca Caló
20 Between green economy and reformism: an exploration of circular
economy and social economy policy convergence in Quebec 245
Rafael Ziegler, Eléonore Compère, Emmanuel Raufflet and Martine Vézina
21 Alternative platforms? On the dilemmas of policy and innovation in
digital infrastructure 264
Richard Pfeilstetter
22 Design thinking for social innovation 275
Victoria Ciudad-Real and Gary Painter
23 Social innovation and citizen participation: the crucial coupling 287
Peter Beresford
24 Conclusion: the future of social innovation and social policy 297
Stephen Sinclair and Simone Baglioni
