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Author Gurruchaga, Ander

Title Societies of social innovation : voices and arguments / Ander Gurrutxaga Abad
Published Brighton : Sussex Academic Press, 2013

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Contents The instruments and meanings of social innovation -- Texts and contexts of social innovation -- The locations and varying visions of social innovation -- Successes and failures of innovation programmes -- Dilemmas and paradoxes of social innovation -- Conclusions: heralds and prophets of social innovation
Summary Social innovation is a concept that is associated with a range of experiences, dimensions, and fields within the language of management and economics and in the social and productive uses of technology, and this study seeks to clarify the meanings and uses of social innovation in contemporary societies. The book looks at the historical view of social innovation and explains how advanced countries and societies construct innovative environments and conditions that can improve the future of society. It explores the significance of social innovation through civic organizations, public institutions, and social movements and its use in the reinvention of the ethics of capitalism
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Social change.
Technological innovations -- Social aspects
Social evolution.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
Social change
Social evolution
Technological innovations -- Social aspects
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1782840818
9781782840817
9781782840794
1782840796