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Social innovation is an increasingly prominent agent of change in rural communities. Community groups are filling voids in rural service provision, energising nature and heritage conservation projects and supporting a range of cultural and social activities. With no sign of neo-liberalism waning, this paper explores mechanisms that can provide effective support for social innovation, with a particular focus on the EU’s LEADER approach. Drawing parallels between social innovation and neo-endogenous development, the chapter concludes that a combination of top-down and bottom-up approaches is required, and the most effective outcomes arise where local groups become more empowered to make decisions within a supportive, but not over-bureaucratic, framework.
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Bosworth, G., Price, L., Hakulinen, V., Marango, S. (2020). Rural Social Innovation and Neo-endogenous Rural Development. In: Cejudo, E., Navarro, F. (eds) Neoendogenous Development in European Rural Areas. Springer Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33463-5_2
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