Social innovation and employment

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Baglioni ◽  
Stephen Sinclair
Keyword(s):  
Social Innovation ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Welfare Regimes ◽  
Employment Policy ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Developed Economies ◽  
Active Labour ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Employment Education ◽  
Public And Private Sector

This chapter discusses examples of social innovations which address unemployment: an issue of long-standing concern for many governments and an area of considerable policy activity. The chapter begins by outlining the growing incidence of precarious and low paid employment in many developed economies. Governments have been particularly concerned about the problem of youth unemployment and ‘NEETs’: young people who are not in employment, education or training. A favoured response to these problems have been so-called ‘active’ labour market programmes and initiatives which intended to enhance the ‘employability’ of unemployed people by improving their skills, experience and qualifications. The chapter describes examples of such initiatives which social innovations have developed with public and private sector with partners. The chapter discusses variations in the approaches and roles which social innovations take in employment policy between neo-Corporatist, Social Democratic and Liberal/Pluralist welfare regimes

scholarly journals Pobreza exclusión social y acceso a oportunidades vitales en la Región Puno

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 403
Author(s):  
Jesús E. Tumi Quispe ◽  
Alberth Jesús Tumi Rivas
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Vulnerable Population ◽  
Access To Health Services ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Employment Education ◽  
Public And Private Sector

<p>El objetivo del estudio esta centrado en caracterizar las expresiones de la exclusión social en la pobreza y en las condiciones de acceso a las oportunidades vitales de la población en la Región Puno. La investigación es de carácter seccional, descriptivo, cuantitativo y de nivel meso. Las referencias empíricas se sustentan en información oficial: Censo Nacional de población, mapa de pobreza, IDH, IDS, indicadores sectoriales (educación, salud, vivienda, saneamiento) e instrumentos de gestión estratégica y programática. Los resultados del estudio son: En la región Puno, la exclusión, como proceso sociopolítico, se expresa en la desigualdad social, la inequidad y la pobreza; cuyo resultados concretos se advierten en el acceso diferenciado a las oportunidades vitales de empleo, educación y salud. Las condiciones de acceso al empleo, de la mayoría de la población en la región Puno, denotan su carácter de inequidad y desigualdad; debido a las escasas oportunidades que tiene la población en el sector publico y privado, situación que conlleva a la generación del autoempleo o la condición de subocupado o desempleado especialmente de la población vulnerable o en situación de pobreza. Las condiciones de acceso a la educación básica en la región Puno, esta signado por su carácter excluyente, especialmente de la población en situación de pobreza y las localizadas en el área rural; denotando no solo su alto sentido de inequidad y desigualdad social, sino también, su precariedad en cuanto a la calidad de la educación. Las condiciones de acceso a los servicios de salud de la población en la región Puno, de manera análoga, denota su carácter de inequidad y exclusión social para la población vulnerable y localizada en el área rural; esta situación se agudiza, debido a que los servicios de salud que se brindan no son culturalmente adecuados.  </p><p> </p><p align="center"><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></p><p>The objective of this study is focused on characterizing the expressions of social exclusion in the poverty and the conditions of access to the vital opportunities of the population in the Puno region. The research is of character sectional, descriptive, quantitative and meso level. Empirical references are based on official information: National Census of Population, poverty map, IDH, IDS, sectoral indicators (education, health, housing, sanitation) and instruments of strategic and programmatic management. The results of the study are: in the Puno region, exclusion, as sociopolitical process, is expressed in the social inequality, inequality and poverty; whose concrete results are seen in the differential access to vital opportunities of employment, education and health. The conditions of access to employment, of the majority of the population in the Puno region, denote its character of inequity and inequality; Due to the limited opportunities that the population in the public and private sector, a situation that leads to the generation of self-employment or the condition of underloaded or unemployed especially of the vulnerable population or in a situation of poverty. The conditions of access to basic education in the Puno region, is marked by its exclusive nature, especially of the population in poverty and those located in rural areas; denoting not only its high sense of social inequity and inequality, but also, its precariousness in regard to the quality of education. The conditions of access to health services for the population in the Puno region, similarly, denotes his character of inequity and social exclusion for the vulnerable population and located in the rural area; this situation is exacerbated, due to the health services that are provided are not culturally appropriate.</p>

scholarly journals How social innovations spread globally through the process of reverse innovation: a case-study from the South Korea

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiara Cannavale ◽  
Lorenza Claudio ◽  
Michele Simoni
Keyword(s):  
Social Innovation ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Reverse Innovation ◽  
Social Goal ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Developed Economies ◽  
Global Innovation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Innovations

AbstractNowadays, innovation is no longer a peculiarity of developed economies. Indeed, more frequently, it occurs that innovations born in the so called "emerging countries" spread in the advanced ones. This phenomenon is well known as Reverse innovation (RI), and within the global innovation literature about RI, some authors refer to these reversed innovations as developed in order to solve social or economic issues, specific of emerging contexts. However, scholars use to connect innovation with social goal as primary benefit to another phenomenon: i.e., Social innovation (SI). Within the Social innovation literature, there is a lack concerning how it should be undertaken to spread globally. Thus, we applied the Reverse innovation process to Social innovations: through a case-study analysis, we link the two phenomena which have never been explored together in previous studies. The paper aims at understanding how Social innovations spread from emerging to more advanced markets, while implementing this inversion of the flow. Further, we want to explore which is the potential that a Social innovation has in the host market: in other words, if SI could lose, hold, reduce, or increase their original social connotation.

Social innovation in a tourist coastal city: a case study in Argentina

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-62
Author(s):  
Silvina Elias ◽  
Andrea Cecilia Barbero
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Alternative Livelihood ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
The One ◽  
Private Actors

Purpose This study aims to reflect on the interactions that result from the use of the seacoast in a small touristic town in Argentina. Agents in conflict are both beach users: on the one hand, tourists that enjoy sunbathing and, on the other hand, the artisanal fishermen who use the seacoast as a space for the circulation of tractors and boats and commercialization of their production in informal conditions. The case aimed to provide evidence on social innovation as a mobilizer of the creativity of citizens, the organizations of the third sector and public and private actors for the development of new solutions and better use of common resources. Design/methodology/approach This paper followed the methodology of the centre for research on social innovations (as per its initials in French) as proposed by Tardif and Harrisson (2005). The fieldwork was carried out with interviews to the stakeholders, visits of recognition and direct participation in the territory. Findings The paper provides empirical insights about how an overarching project arises from agreements between stakeholders and a public policy that promotes it. Governance mechanisms to promote sustainable fisheries, to create cooperative management methods and to support alternative livelihood programmes are essential for preventing conflicts and mitigating their impacts on fishing communities. Originality/value The value of this paper is to show how social innovation can emerge from civil society initiatives and how the state can create conditions to favour it, participating and cooperating in a process of co-construction.

Social innovation and food poverty

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Baglioni ◽  
Stephen Sinclair
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Public Welfare ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Welfare Regimes ◽  
Civil Society Organisations ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Food Provision ◽  
The Impact

This chapter considers the response of social innovations to the growing concern with food poverty. Food provision has not traditionally been a core public welfare function in the most developed welfare regimes, and social innovations often provide more developed and effective responses than government in this area. Voluntary and civil society organisations have pioneered a variety of innovations to feed vulnerable groups while also reducing surplus food waste. These initiatives involve partnerships with private sector food companies which donate surplus supplies which social innovations distribute. The chapter provides examples of how inventive social innovations have had to be to meet the considerable logistical challenges they face in acquiring, storing and distributing surplus food. The chapter concludes by highlighting examples of the impact which social have had in helping to shape public policy innovations in the area of food poverty.

Are Ethnic Entrepreneurs Social Innovators? Turkish Migrant Entrepreneurs in Salzburg

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 363-371
Author(s):  
Heiko Berner
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Strict Sense ◽  
Labour Market Situation ◽  
Ethnic Business ◽  
Turkish Migrants ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Ethnic Businesses

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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