Social Innovation, Social Enterprises and the Cultural Economy

Social Innovation, Social Enterprises and the Cultural Economy
Author: Rocío Nogales Muriel
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2023-04-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000867498

Faced with a depleted planet and a series of connected crises, socially minded agents and entities within the world of culture and the arts are reacting from within. With insights from sociology, economics, and cultural management and policy, this book aims to chronicle the journey of SMart – a cultural and artistic social enterprise now present in eight European countries – in order to illustrate such organisation’s efforts to achieve its potential for social innovation and transformation. Tackling the endemic precariousness and intermittency of work through innovative arrangements for cultural workers and artists has been central to these efforts. In many cases, however, this activism not only had a direct impact at the level of individual and collective labour, but also has transformed the ways culture is ‘governed’. Readers of this book will better understand the connection between social innovation and culture and the arts; gain awareness of the trends and transformations within the field of culture and cultural work and their connection with institutional arrangements; and critically engage with the processes, challenges and benefits of scaling up and diffusing social innovation. The debates presented will be of relevance to scholars and students across disciplines, policy makers at both EU and national levels, practitioners and social activists.

Social Innovation and Democratic Leadership

Social Innovation and Democratic Leadership
Author: Marc Parés
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2017-04-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1785367889

This book explores new forms of democracy in practice following the 2011 global uprisings; democracy that comes from below, by and for the ‘have-nots’. Combining theories of social innovation and collective leadership, it analyses how disadvantaged communities have addressed the effects of economic recession in two global cities: Barcelona and New York.

The Death of Urbanism

The Death of Urbanism
Author: Marcus White
Publisher: AADR – Art Architecture Design Research
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2020-02-17
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 3887788117

Koolhaas pronounced urbanism dead in 1995. Since then, urban design has struggled to come to terms with this and other losses including environmental stability, af- fordable housing, design control, and urban amenity. This book explores urban design paradigms transitioning through a misappropriation of Kübler-Ross' "five stages of grief" – from pro-sprawl 'denial', NIMBY 'anger', revisionist NewUrban, 'bargaining', 'depressed' starchitects, through to an optimistic manifesto of 'acceptance'.

Handbook of Critical Perspectives on Nonprofit Organizing and Voluntary Action

Handbook of Critical Perspectives on Nonprofit Organizing and Voluntary Action
Author: Roseanne M. Mirabella
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 493
Release: 2024-08-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1800371810

This insightful Handbook brings together leading and emerging scholars within the field of nonprofit organization, serving as a call to action for academics to interrogate key contemporary issues such as backsliding and authoritarianism. It meticulously distinguishes traditional, often marginalist perspectives from nuanced counterarguments to balance out the field.

Smart City Citizenship

Smart City Citizenship
Author: Igor Calzada
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2020-10-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0128153016

Smart City Citizenship provides rigorous analysis for academics and policymakers on the experimental, data-driven, and participatory processes of smart cities to help integrate ICT-related social innovation into urban life. Unlike other smart city books that are often edited collections, this book focuses on the business domain, grassroots social innovation, and AI-driven algorithmic and techno-political disruptions, also examining the role of citizens and the democratic governance issues raised from an interdisciplinary perspective. As smart city research is a fast-growing topic of scientific inquiry and evolving rapidly, this book is an ideal reference for a much-needed discussion. The book drives the reader to a better conceptual and applied comprehension of smart city citizenship for democratised hyper-connected-virialised post-COVID-19 societies. In addition, it provides a whole practical roadmap to build smart city citizenship inclusive and multistakeholder interventions through intertwined chapters of the book. Users will find a book that fills the knowledge gap between the purely critical studies on smart cities and those further constructive and highly promising socially innovative interventions using case study fieldwork action research empirical evidence drawn from several cities that are advancing and innovating smart city practices from the citizenship perspective. Utilises ongoing, action research fieldwork, comparative case studies for examining current governance issues, and the role of citizens in smart cities Provides definitions of new key citizenship concepts, along with a techno-political framework and toolkit drawn from a community-oriented perspective Shows how to design smart city governance initiatives, projects and policies based on applied research from the social innovation perspective Highlights citizen’s perspective and social empowerment in the AI-driven and algorithmic disruptive post-COVID-19 context in both transitional and experimental frameworks

Políticas urbanas en España

Políticas urbanas en España
Author: Mariela Iglesias
Publisher: Icaria
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9788498883855

Los grandes procesos de cambio que han atravesado todos los ámbitos de convivencia social han afectado de manera muy intensa a las ciudades y espacios urbanos. El debate de la cuestión social está intrínsecamente unido a la cuestión urbana. En la medida que la propia diferenciación capitalista entre lugares y espacios de producción y lugares y espacios de convivencia, reproducción y cuidado se difumina, se hace más compleja también la relación entre lo urbano y lo social. Es precisamente esa nueva configuración del espacio público la que refuerza la necesidad de una repolitización de lo urbano, a partir de los dilemas que se plantean para las políticas públicas. Son las ciudades las que necesitan más (y más innovadora) capacidad de intervención y son esas ciudades, tras treinta años de gobiernos locales democráticos, donde se constata la falta de capacidades integrales de respuesta. Este volumen quiere poner de relieve las insuficiencias de unas políticas urbanas que han sido esencialmente urbanísticas, que han tendido a ser locales cuando la realidad exigía planteamientos que articularan la intervención de las distintas esferas de gobierno, y que han tendido a ser institucionales cuando cada vez se necesita más implicación y participación ciudadana. El libro recoge una amplia colección de trabajos que informan del estado del arte en políticas urbanas y permiten analizar las experiencias de siete grandes conurbaciones españolas (Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla, Valencia, Bilbao, Murcia y Vigo).

Urban Allotment Gardens in Europe

Urban Allotment Gardens in Europe
Author: Simon Bell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2016-03-10
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1317415639

Although urban allotment gardening dates back to the nineteenth century, it has recently undergone a renaissance of interest and popularity. This is the result of greater concern over urban greenspace, food security and quality of life. This book presents a comprehensive, research-based overview of the various features, benefits and values associated with urban allotment gardening in Europe. The book is based on a European COST Action project, which brings together researchers and practitioners from all over Europe for the first detailed exploration of the subject on a continent-wide scale. It assesses the policy, planning and design aspects, as well as the social and ecological benefits of urban allotment gardening. Through an examination of the wide range of different traditions and practices across Europe, it brings together the most recent research to discuss the latest evolutions of urban allotment gardening and to help raise awareness and fill knowledge gaps. The book provides a multidisciplinary perspective, including insights from horticulture and soil science, ecology, sociology, urban geography, landscape, planning and design. The themes are underpinned by case studies from a number of European countries which supply a wide range of examples to illustrate different key issues.