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Social Innovation: What Is Coming Apart and What Is Being Rebuilt?

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The paper examines the conditions under which the concept of social innovation is being cast. Three features of modern society were first identified as the hallmarks of a changing world: the dominance of large multinational firms, the decline of the welfare state and the individualisation of citizens. From this, we see how the society is being rebuilt through the constituency of social innovation in three key facets: the public interest and common good, a new approach to the concept of service and the networks strengthening the bonds of trust between citizens.

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  1. University of Quebec in Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Denis Harrisson

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  1. Zentrale Wissenschaftliche Einrichtung, Sozialforschungsstelle Dortmund, TU Dortmund, Evinger Platz 17, Dortmund, 44339, Germany

    Hans-Werner Franz

  2. Centre for Social Innovation, Linke Wienzeile 246, Vienna, 1150, Austria

    Josef Hochgerner

  3. Sozialforschungsstelle Dortmund, Evinger Platz 17, Dortmund, 44339, Germany

    Jürgen Howaldt

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Harrisson, D. (2012). Social Innovation: What Is Coming Apart and What Is Being Rebuilt?. In: Franz, HW., Hochgerner, J., Howaldt, J. (eds) Challenge Social Innovation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32879-4_5

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