Everybody on Board? Opportunity Structures for Social Innovations in Münster

Social innovations are targeted measures that are capable to resolve social problems (Rammert 2010) and they are directed towards an improvement of the situation (Gillwald 2000). Finally, they are directed towards an amelioration of the situation (Gillwald 2000). In Austria it is argued that ethnic business represents a type of social innovation (Haberfellner 2000). The question the paper addresses is if and to what extent ethnic business goes hand in hand with social developments and possibly boosts social change. Entrepreneurs of Turkish origin in Salzburg are the focus of analysis. The paper starts with a definition of the term ‚social innovation‘ (1), the issues of ethnic vs. migrant business (2.), followed by the description of the labour market situation of Turkish migrants in Salzburg and discrimination in the labour market (3.), and, to to round up, the analysis of biographic interviews with Turkish entrepreneurs in Salzburg (4.). The preliminary results show that there exist social problems such as the lower socio-economic situation of Turkish migrants in Salzburg and discrimination in the labour market. These problems can be seen as basis for the need of social innovations. But nevertheless Turkish run ethnic businesses in a strict sense of the word are no social innovation because they do not act against the problems in an intended way; they rather work on their own account. They may overcome disadvantages on the labour market but their actions are not directed towards overcoming the problem per se. It is much rather a transintentional aspect (Schimank 2010), which goes beyond the economic interest of the actors.

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Occupy Movement, Religion and Social Formations

Bulletin for the Study of Religion ◽

10.1558/bsor.v43i1.17 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 43 (1) ◽

pp. 17-24

Author(s):

Matt Sheedy

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Public Space ◽

Religious Communities ◽

The Political ◽

Political Opportunity ◽

Social Formation ◽

Beliefs And Practices ◽

Opportunity Structures ◽

Occupy Movement ◽

Political Opportunity Structures

The Occupy movement was an unprecedented social formation that spread to approximate 82 countries around the globe in the fall of 2011 via social media through the use of myths, symbols and rituals that were performed in public space and quickly drew widespread mainstream attention. In this paper I argue that the movement offers a unique instance of how discourse functions in the construction of society and I show how the shared discourses of Occupy were taken-up and shaped in relation to the political opportunity structures and interests of those involved based on my own fieldwork at Occupy Winnipeg. I also argue that the Occupy movement provides an example of how we might substantively attempt to classify “religion” by looking at how it embodied certain metaphysical claims while contrasting it with the beliefs and practices of more conventionally defined “religious” communities.

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Cases of social innovations implemented in the public health sector

National Interests Priorities and Security ◽

10.24891/ni.16.9.1600 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (9) ◽

pp. 1600-1621

Author(s):

E.V. Molchanova

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Systems Approach ◽

Health Sector ◽

Demographic Challenges ◽

Disability Adjusted Life ◽

The Social ◽

Social Innovations ◽

Demographic Processes ◽

Disease Study ◽

Disability Adjusted Life Year

Subject. The article discusses medical and demographic processes in Russia and Finland. Objectives. I evaluate cases of social innovations implemented for the preservation and strengthening of public health in Finland under the auspices of The Global Burden of Disease Study. Methods. Methodologically, the study relies upon the ideology of the GDB Project, which rests on the DALY (the Disability Adjusted Life Year). Results. I analyzed the morbidity and mortality rates, DALY in Russia and Finland, determined what mainly triggers the risk (environmental, behavioral, metabolic) fueling some public health degradation. The article provides the insight into the efficiency of some social innovations implemented in Finland and suggests what should be done to outline medical and demographic programs in Russia. Conclusions and Relevance. The medical and demographic situation in Russia requires new tools to find innovative solutions for the social policy and, inter alia, the use of the GBD technique, which proved to be effective. Referring to evidence from Finland, demographic challenges in Russian can be handled through a systems approach, i.e. socio-economic actions, improvement of the healthcare and social security, wellness propaganda.

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GENERAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN INNOVATIVE AND DIGITAL ECONOMY

Innovation in the economy ◽

10.26739/2181-9491-2020-2-5 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 46-49

Author(s):

Nigina Usmanova ◽

Keyword(s):

Social Problems ◽

Digital Economy ◽

Social Innovations

The article describes the development of the global digital economy, the work carried out in our country, the problems of economic and social innovations and efforts to solve them

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