The Theoretical Foundations of Social Innovation

Geoff Mulgan

Chapter 1 in Social Innovation, 2012, pp 33-65 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The field of social innovation has grown up primarily as a field of practice, made up of people doing things and then, sometimes, reflecting on what they do. There has been relatively little attention to theory, or to history, and although there has been much promising research work in recent years, there are no clearly defined schools of thought, no continuing theoretical arguments, and few major research programmes to test theories against the evidence.

Keywords: Life Satisfaction; Theoretical Foundation; Innovation System; Tacit Knowledge; Social Enterprise (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230367098_2

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