The International Handbook on Social Innovation : Collective Action, Social Learning and Transdisciplinary Research / Edited by Frank Moulaert, KU Leuven, Belgium, Diana MacCallum, Curtin University, Australia, Abid Mehmood, Cardiff University, UK, Abdelillah Hamdouch, University of Tours, France
I. Social innovation: from concept to theory and practice -- II. Social innovation theory: its role in knowledge building -- III. Instructive case studies in social innovation analysis -- IV. Social innovation analysis: methodologies -- V. Collecitve action, institutional leverage and public policy -- VI. Frontiers in social innovation research
Summary
This enriching Handbook covers many aspects of the scientific and socio-political debates on social innovation today. The contributors provide an overview of theoretical perspectives, methodologies and instructive experiences from all continents, as well as implications for collective action and policy. They argue strongly for social innovation as a key to human development. The Handbook defines social innovation as innovation in social relations within both micro and macro spheres, with the purpose of satisfying unmet or new human needs across different layers of society. It connects social i
