“Why can’t this work here?”: social innovation and collective impact in a micropolitan community

Sarah J. Zuckerman

Community Development, 2020, vol. 51, issue 4, 401-419

Abstract: Cross-sector partnerships, and collective impact, in particular, have gained increased attention as community-level strategies for tackling wicked, complex, social challenges such as child maltreatment. To date, there has been limited independent research on collective impact, especially in non-metropolitan areas with limited capacity. This case study examines the conditions that supported the development of a collective impact effort in a non-metropolitan community to address child wellbeing. It finds that small communities offer strengths that support collective impact as a social innovation as well as challenges that create vulnerabilities to outside influence that may stymie the development of locally developed social innovations.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/15575330.2020.1789183

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