Social Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship and Development

György Széll ()
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György Széll: University of Osnabrück

A chapter in Challenge Social Innovation, 2012, pp 183-195 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Social innovation and development have to be placed in the perspective of sustainability. Overcoming poverty and pauperisation is not only an issue for the Third World; however, the so-called developed nations, i.e. mainly the OECD countries, are facing increasing social inequality and pauperisation after their short dream of ever-lasting prosperity (Lutz 1984). Mini-credits have been regarded as a means of overcoming pauperisation first in Third World countries, later in developed countries as well, and the idea has been compensated by the Nobel Prize for peace in 2006. But not only since the recent conflict about its initiator, Muhammad Yunus, there has been rising critique, especially in India. Strategies for sustainability include Corporate Social Responsibility, the development of a strong civil society, the quality of democratic participation, and by it strengthening the trade unions as the largest democratic institutions in our societies. Civil society is not only in the core of democratisation but also for social innovation. Since the Age of Enlightenment science and its institutions are the centre for innovation and social innovation. The reference here is not only in regard to Schumpeter but for Karl Polanyi too. Since the 1970s there is a debate about zero growth and alternative measurements for the quality of life and working life, beyond GDP (Széll, G., & Széll, U. (Eds.) (2009). Quality of Life & Working Life in Comparison. Frankfurt/M: Peter Lang).

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; Trade Union; Social Economy; Restorative Justice; Social Entrepreneurship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32879-4_12

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