| Description |
1 online resource (115 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge advances in health and social policy |
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Routledge advances in health and social policy.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. What is innovation? -- 3. Social innovation: a diffuse concept? -- 4. Innovation in public services -- 5. Public innovation: a question of power? -- 6. Levels of innovation -- 7. Obstacles to innovation -- 8. Innovation: not easy, but imperative |
| Summary |
Highlighting both the importance and utility of innovation but also promoting a more reflective approach, the book distinguishes between innovation and improvement and discusses the relevant differences between private sector, public sector and non-profit organisations. It looks at how innovation is often as much a result of the power relations between the involved actors, and the structural context, as a result of popularly identified 'drivers' and 'barriers'. Including numerous case studies, the book illustrates and explains innovations in welfare services at different levels, looking at the macro level (innovations in social policy), the meso level (innovation at organisational level) and the micro-level (user-driven innovations) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Text in English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Social service.
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Human services.
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Social Work
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social services.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
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Human services
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Social service
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Knutagård, Marcus, author.
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| ISBN |
9781317911005 |
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1317911008 |
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9781315849812 |
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131584981X |
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