Social innovation in the service of social and ecological transformation : the rise of the enabling state /

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Author / Creator:Schutter, Olivier de, author.
Imprint:Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
©2022
Description:142 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Routledge focus on environment & sustainability
Routledge focus on environment and sustainability.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12700474
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Other authors / contributors:Dedeurwaerdere, Tom, author.
ISBN:9781032121925
1032121920
9781032121987
103212198X
9781003223542
Notes:"Routledge Focus"--from cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"This book explores how the State can play a role as an enabler of citizen-led social innovations, to accelerate the shift to viable sustainable and socially just lifestyles. To meet the twin challenges of environmental degradation and the rise of inequalities, societal transformation is urgent. Most theories of social change focus either on the role of the State, on the magic of the market, or on the power of technological innovation. This book explores instead how local communities, given the freedom to experiment, can design solutions that can have a transformative impact. Change cannot rely only on central ordering by government, nor on corporations suddenly acting as responsible citizens. Societal transformation, at the speed and scope required, also should be based on the reconstitution of social capital, and on new forms of democracy emerging from collective action at the local level. The State matters of course, both for the provision of public services and of social protection, and to discipline the market. But it should also act as an enabler of citizen-led experimentation, and it should set up an institutional apparatus to ensure that collective learning spreads across a jurisdiction. Corporations themselves can ensure that society taps the full potential of citizens-led social innovations: they can put their know-how, their access to finance, and their control of logistical chains in the service of such innovations, rather than either by shaping consumers' tastes or even by adapting to consumers' shifting expectations. With this aim in mind, this book provides empirical evidence of how social innovations, typically developed within "niches", initially at a relatively small scale, can have society-wide impacts. It also examines the nature of the activism deployed by social innovators, and the emergence of a "do-it-yourself" form of democracy. This book will appeal to all those interested in driving societal change and social innovation to ensure a sustainable and socially just future for all"--
Other form:Online version: De Schutter, Olivier. Social innovation in the service of social and ecological transformation New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 9781003223542

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