Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of abbreviations vii
4. About the author viii
5. Acknowledgements ix
6. Introduction: The great imbalances 1
7. Part I Making sense of social innovation
8. 1 What is social innovation and how is it done? 7
9. 2 The roots of social innovation and the fragile springs of social generativity 34
10. Part II Challenges, roadblocks and systems
11. 3 The political context for social innovation now: Thesis, antithesis and synthesis 55
12. 4 Structural change and new social contracts: How innovation in welfare can address changing needs 79
13. 5 Social production systems: What is the best unit for analysis and action? 93
14. 6 Place-based systems change: How can governments, funders and civil society achieve more together? 99
15. Part III Sources, ideas and ways of seeing
16. 7 The theoretical foundations of social innovation: Sources, ideas and future directions 111
17. 8 Social science and intelligence design 137
18. 9 Observation, interpretation and activism: Sociology’s role in social change 149
19. 10 Understanding how cultures change 158
20. 11 A theory of belonging: How do we feel at home? 165
21. 12 The interpretation of social change 176
22. Part IV Good and bad social innovation
23. 13 Know your impact (and in praise of better borrowing) 189
24. 14 The evolution of measures that matter: How do we know if social innovation is working? 201
25. 15 Good and bad innovation: What theory and practice do we need to distinguish them? 211
26. Part V Social innovation and the future
27. 16 Social innovation in the 2020s 223
28. 17 Thinking about the future 235
29. Part VI Fresh thinking
30. 18 Sparks, ideas and comments 253
31. Notes 277
32. Index 297