Navigating the ‘meaningless’ of social innovation: perspectives of social care practitioners in Scotland

Fiona Henderson and Simon Teasdale

Public Management Review, 2024, vol. 26, issue 10, 2901-2920

Abstract: Social innovation is an umbrella concept that allows space for a diverse range of perspectives to co-exist. In this paper, we explore how practitioners negotiate this complexity. Conducting 19 interviews with stakeholders involved in social enterprise and social care in Scotland, we show that almost anything can be conceived of as a social innovation as defined by the European Union. The EU definition can be a useful tool for organizations to demonstrate to funders how and why they are socially innovative. However, in failing to interrogate the power dimension of social innovation, the EU definition neglects any transformative potential.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2023.2297018

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