Social Innovations in Post-Soviet Countries (Routledge Studies in Development and Society) - Softcover

Radjabov, Bakhrom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367761742 ISBN 13: 9780367761745

Publisher: Routledge, 2024

Synopsis

This book evaluates the evolution of social innovation in post-Soviet Central Asia, Eastern Europe and Caucasus.

Following the dissolution of the USSR, organisations such as the UNDP have encouraged local communities and governments to innovate in order to find solutions to existing social problems. This book demonstrates that progress with social innovations has varied, with countries with low government support such as Uzbekistan struggling, whereas countries with better government support and a more active civil society, such as Armenia and Ukraine, have seen more positive results. Covering the period 2012-2020 and a broad range of countries, including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, Moldova, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia, this book provides an impressively broad-ranging critical analysis of post-Soviet social innovation.

Including social innovations emerging as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak, this will be an important comparative study for researchers and practitioners working on social innovation, and to those with an interest in post-Soviet development.

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About the Author

Bakhrom Radjabov completed his PhD at the University of Tsukuba, Japan, and is an Adjunct Professor at the Webster University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367761742
• ISBN 13: 9780367761745
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 212