Big Picture Approaches to the Impact of Social Innovations (Hardback Book)

Name: Big Picture Approaches to the Impact of Social Innovations (Hardback Book)
Brand: Emerald Publishing Limited

Emerald Publishing Limited

There is growing interest in how social innovation can help address the grand challenges of our time. In this edited collection, we recommend and discuss historical and systems perspectives as especially valuable in broadening our view of the kinds of dynamics underpinning social transformation.\nA historical perspective shows how past experiences, cultural narratives, and institutional legacies shape social innovation efforts. It emphasizes that transformation emerges through contested and evolving narratives rather than simple diffusion. The volume includes papers that discuss such narrative and dialectical dynamics in diverse forms and settings, such as, for example, the multi-decadal efforts to address homelessness in the United States.\nA systems perspective, meanwhile, highlights\n\nBig Picture Approaches to the Impact of Social Innovations\n\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease no;