Implementing Innovative Social Investment: Strategic Lessons from Europe - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 144734782X ISBN 13: 9781447347828

Publisher: Policy Press, 2019

Synopsis

Introduction and conclusion available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence.

The turn towards a Social Investment approach to welfare implies deploying resources to enhance human capital and mobilise the productive potential of citizens, starting in early childhood.

This edited collection brings regional and local realities to the forefront of social investment debates by showcasing successes, challenges and setbacks of Social Investment policies and services from ten European countries: Italy, UK, Sweden, Finland, Greece, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Hungary, and Spain. It provides practical, accessible illustrations of good practice, routes to success, and lessons learned. The book is informed throughout by engagement with service users and local communities, and features many previously unheard voices including front-line workers, local decision makers, volunteers and beneficiaries.

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About the Authors

Susan Baines is Professor of Social Enterprise at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her research has spanned social policy, innovation, enterprise and civil society, and she has published extensively on these themes.

Andrea Bassi is Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bologna. His research interests include studies on non-profit organizations in the field of social and health services, systems of measurement of organizational performance and social impact of non-profit organizations.

Judit Csoba is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Debrecen. Her research focuses on sociology of work, social policy, employment system of welfare states, employment policy, and social economy.

Flórián Sipos is an assistant lecturer at the University of Debrecen, affiliated with the Department of Sociology and Social Policy. His field of research includes political participation, youth sociology, and social investment.

Edition details

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 144734782X
• ISBN 13: 9781447347828
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 236
• Editor: Baines Susan, Bassi Andrea, Csoba Judit, Sipos Flórián