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Social Innovation Theories: Can Theory Catch Up with Practice?

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Erschienen in: Challenge Social Innovation

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The paper describes ten sets of theoretical sources that have either influenced social innovation or provide useful insights. It argues that although the field has been led by practice rather than theory it now needs stronger theoretical foundations in order to progress. The theoretical sources described include: theoretical perspectives on social plasticity and change; evolutionary theories; complexity theories; theories of entrepreneurship; theories of dialectical change; theories from innovation studies; theories of techno-economic paradigms; theories concerned with the ends of innovation, in particular well-being and capabilities; and epistemological approaches to social innovation. In each case I describe some of the main ideas and arguments, and their relevance to social innovation (and in some cases their key limitations). I then suggest ways in which these may be synthesized into an overall framework for social innovation that can generate useful and often testable hypotheses to guide practice.

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Vorheriges Kapitel Challenge Social Innovation: An Introduction

Nächstes Kapitel Shaping Social Innovation by Social Research

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Titel: Social Innovation Theories: Can Theory Catch Up with Practice?
verfasst von: Geoff Mulgan
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Buch: Challenge Social Innovation
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-32878-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-642-32879-4

Copyright-Jahr: 2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32879-4_2