Social Innovation: How Societies Find the Power to Change

Mulgan, who works in social innovation in the UK, explores the ideas of social innovation and how they provide answers to problems of the early 21st century. He argues that there can be no progressive approach to political and social change without these ideas and describes social innovation’s focus on the deliberate invention of new solutions to meet social needs. He discusses how societies learn to experiment and innovate, conflicts that arise, and why the imbalances between innovation in the military and business and society have been damaging; the present context for social innovation, including globalization, technological progress, and liberalization and their failure to benefit the lives of the majority, how innovation in welfare can address changing needs, how to change production systems, and how governments, funders, and civil society can achieve more; the theoretical dimensions of social innovation in relation to social science and intelligence design, sociology, cultural change, belonging, and social change; good and bad social innovation and its measurement; social innovation in the future; and dilemmas in the field. Distributed in the US by University of Chicago Press. Annotation ©2020 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
With Social Innovation, Geoff Mulgan, a pioneer in the global field of social innovationt&;he deliberate invention of new solutions to meet social needs&;explains how it provides answers to today&;s biggest global social, economic, and sustainability issues. He argues for matching R&D in technology and science with a socially focused R&D and harnessing creative imagination on a larger scale than ever before.
Geoff Mulgan, a pioneer in the global field of social innovation, explains how it provides answers to today's global social, economic and sustainability issues. He argues for matching R&D in technology and science with a socially focused R&D and harnessing creative imagination on a larger scale than ever before.
Geoff Mulgan, a pioneer in the global field of social innovation, explains how it provides answers to today’s global social, economic and sustainability issues. He argues for matching R&D in technology and science with a socially focused R&D and harnessing creative imagination on a larger scale than ever before.
The 21st century has brought a cornucopia of new knowledge and technologies. But there has been little progress in our ability to solve social problems using social innovation – the deliberate invention of new solutions to meet social needs - across the globe. Geoff Mulgan is a pioneer in the global field of social innovation. Building on his experience advising international governments, businesses and foundations, he explains how it provides answers to today’s global social, economic and sustainability issues. He argues for matching R&D in technology and science with a socially focused R&D and harnessing creative imagination on a larger scale than ever before. Weaving together history, ideas, policy and practice, he shows how social innovation is now coming of age, offering a comprehensive view of what can be done to solve the global social challenges we face.