The evolution of social innovation : building resilience through transitions /: building resilience through transitions. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Frances Westley, Katharine McGowan, Ola Tjörnbo.
• Editors: Westley, Frances; McGowan, Katharine; Tjörnbo, Ola
• Contents: 1. The history of social innovation / Katharine McGowan, Frances Westley and Ola Tjornbo -- 2. national parks in the United States / Nino Antadze -- 3. The intelligence test / Katharine McGowan -- 4. Synthesis: agency and opportunity / Per Olsson -- 5. The legalization of birth control in North America / Nino Antadze and Jaclyn Blacklock -- 6. The duty to consult and accommodate in Canada / Erin Alexiuk -- 7. The internet: a dynamic history / Ola Tjornbo -- 8. Synthesis: self-organization, strange attractors and social innovation / Daniel McCarthy -- 9. The global derivatives market as social innovation / Sean Geobey -- 10. Indian residential schools / Katharine McGowan -- 11. "A fever for business": Dutch Joint stock companies / Katharine McGowan -- 12. -- Synthesis: tracking transformative impacts and cross-scale dynamics / Michele-Lee Moore -- 13. Conclusion: recognizing transformative potential / Frances Westley -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 273 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 303.4; Social movements; Social change; Organizational resilience; Mouvements sociaux; Résilience organisationnelle; social movements; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Organizational resilience; Social change; Social movements; Sozialer Wandel; Sozialinnovation; Resilienz; Sozialpsychologie; Sozialwissenschaften; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786431158; 1786431157; 1786431149; 9781786431141
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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