Social Innovation
A Novel Policy Stream or a Policy Compromise? An EU Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12416722 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matteo Bonifacio (University of Trento, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 145-169 |
| Publication date | 2014-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1062-7987 • E-ISSN: 1474-0575 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1062798713000707 |
| OpenAlex | W1995417218 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 29 |
Spurred by the recent global economic crisis, Social Innovation (SI) has gained increasing attention in the European Commission (EC) agenda. However, it remains a heterogeneous and ill-defined concept, whose boundaries are unclear. Currently, within EC discussions, it encapsulates a variety of concepts from social enterprises to societal change. Adopting an ethnographic methodology, this analysis provides insight into the contrasting official ‘front-stage’ and ‘back-stage’ views, constraints and practices by which SI has been adopted and promoted by the EC. While the ‘front-stage’ perspective is more intentionally based on the official situations, documents, and statements, the ‘back-stage’ is informed by both the ethnographic analysis and its relationship with the ‘front-stage’ perspective. The main finding of the analysis is that SI might presumably be seen as the only way to align the Commission's conservative-liberal policy, which is rooted in the Lisbon Agenda, with the pressing social demands that stem from the 2008 financial crisis. However, this analysis also indicates that, rather than a novel policy stream, SI can also be seen as a policy compromise that can be used to detract from debates around the need to develop a fully-fledged EU Social Policy; more deeply, it can detract the policy debate from facing a thorough reflection on our society and development model. The analysis here will also provide an overview of the risks associated with current thinking viewed from the perspective of EU players operating in the socio-political domain
Commission · Compromise · Economics · Order (exchange · Perspective (graphical · Policy analysis · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · Community Development and Social Impact · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Innovation, Technology, and Society · Law · Public Administration
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Framing social innovation in EU urban policy
Reputation Management
Social innovation as a ‘magic concept’ for policy-makers and its implications for urban governance
Identifying social innovations in European local rural development initiatives
How to Build Collective Capabilities
Social Innovations, Institutional Change and Economic Performance
The professional stranger
Warming the World
Prosperity without Growth
Prosperity without Growth
Communities of Practice
Social Entrepreneurship
Effects of a School-Based, Early Childhood Intervention on Adult Health and Well-being
Social enterprise in Europe
Toward National Well-Being Accounts
Case Study Research
The iron cage revisited institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields
Prospect Theory
The Emergence of Social Enterprise
Bismarck’s Welfare State
Outline of a Theory of Practice
How Decisions Happen in Organizations
Nudge
Ethnography
Talking about machines
Social Economics
The Iron Cage Revisited
Situated Learning
Observations on the Making of Policemen
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |