The first book to explain what social innovation (SI) is and why it is important to social policy analysis; Looks at three substantive areas, using cases to illustrate SI in practice and to show its impact; A short introductory book, aimed squarely at a social policy audience.

About the Author
Simone Baglioni is Professor of Politics in the Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health at Glasgow Caledonian University. He is the coordinator of the EU Horizon 2020 project SIRIUS and a principal investigator in the "TransSol" and "Fab-Move" projects dealing with social innovation and collective actions issues. Stephen Sinclair is Professor of Social Policy and a researcher in the Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University. He is co-Director of the Scottish Poverty and Inequality Research Unit at GCU.

Reviews
"This book puts the key concept of social innovation to the test by critically reviewing state of the art scholarly research and practice related case studies." Annette Zimmer, University of Munster, Germany



Book Information
ISBN 9781447320104
Author Simone Baglioni
Format Hardback
Page Count 136
Imprint Policy Press
Publisher Bristol University Press