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Social innovations as a repair of social order
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Abstract The paper addresses social innovation both as a mode and as a means of social change. It draws on the recent developments in the sociology of repair to offer a critical reading of pro-innovation discourse on the level of EU policy. It is argued that the practices and concepts of social innovation on... view more
The paper addresses social innovation both as a mode and as a means of social change. It draws on the recent developments in the sociology of repair to offer a critical reading of pro-innovation discourse on the level of EU policy. It is argued that the practices and concepts of social innovation on the level of EU policy can be fruitfully reframed within a repair narrative, whereas the proliferation of the buzzword social innovation warrants a closer look from an innovation studies perspective. Connecting both repair and innovation studies thus offers a more nuanced understanding of current societal transformations and adds to the conceptual discussion of social change and social order.... view less
Keywords
EU; social order; social change; innovation; social change
Classification
Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology
European Politics
Free Keywords
Social Innovation; Repair; EU Policy Discourse
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 41-66
Journal
NOvation - Critical Studies of Innovation (2019) 1
Issue topic
X‐innovation: Re‐inventing Innovation Again and Again
ISSN
2562-7147
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0