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This book is an introduction to the works of a collective of
academics on social innovation and socio-political transformation.
It offers a critique of the dominance of market-based logics and
extractivism in the age of neoliberalism. Calling for systemic
change, the authors invite the reader to engage in the analysis and
practice of socially innovative initiatives and, by doing so,
contribute to the co-construction of a sustainable,
solidarity-based and regenerative society. This book will not only
be an inspiration for many academics and researchers broadly
interested in social innovation, but also for social movements and
their protagonists challenging the dominance of the status quo. In
addition, it will appeal to policymakers and politicians who want
to appreciate contemporary ways of thinking and gain inspiration on
how to better meet the needs of the communities they serve.
Contributors: L. Albrechts, I. Andre, I. Calvo Mendieta, S.
Cameron, L. Cavola, D. Coimbra de Souza, G. Cotella, A. Da Rosa
Pires, S. De Blust, P.M. Delladetsimas, M. Edwards, B.
Galvan-Lopez, M. Garcia, H. Gulinck, P. Healey, J. Hillier, F.
Hillmann, B. Jessop, M. Kaethler, G. Karametou, C. Kesteloot, A.Z.
Khan, J.-L. Klein, A. Kuhk, M. Loopmans, D. MacCallum, M. Macharia,
A. Martens, F. Martinelli, A. Mehmood, K. Miciukiewicz, E. Midheme,
K. Morgan, E. Morlicchio, F. Moulaert, A. Novy, S. Oosterlynck, A.
Paidakaki, C. Parra, M. Pradel, J. Pratschke, P. Rego, A. Rehman
Cheema, C. Rodrigues, J. Schreurs, R. Segers, L. Servillo, N.-L.
Sum, E. Swyngedouw, C. Tornaghi, P. Van den Broeck, B. Van Dyck, H.
Verschure, T. Werquin, P. Widyatmi Putri
This book asks why socially innovative initiatives, including
attempts to rejuvenate democracy by introducing new modes of
participation, are not leading to a democratization of the State or
overcoming the gap between political leaders and people. It offers
a vivid and thought-provoking conversation on why we are at such an
impasse and explores concrete possibilities for change. Offering
insights on the failures of modern democracies from three leading
voices of contemporary social science, the book interrogates the
possibilities of progressive socio-political agendas, strategies,
and movements seeking to overcome these failures. It highlights
examples of bottom-linked forms of governance that provide signs of
positive change and focuses on the essential role that progressive
institutions play in enabling socio-political transformation. It
also analyses how processes of self-emancipation driven by social
innovation and political mobilization movements represent the most
promising form of political engagement today. Students and scholars
of social innovation and governance will find this to be an
invigorating read. It will also be helpful to politicians and
government officials seeking to understand, respond to, and explore
efforts towards democratizing political change.
This timely and thought-provoking book examines the contemporary
struggle of communities over land ownership and use rights in
rapidly urbanising areas. Analysing 12 key case studies from across
four continents, it demonstrates changes in land and housing
tenancy systems, showing how communities have revolted against the
land hunger of speculators, agrobusiness and technocratic local
authorities. Contributions from an international team of
researchers, policy analysts and experts explore both neoliberal
urban development policies and socially innovative initiatives,
discussing different modes of solidarity action and commons
building to ensure both access to land and housing security.
Chapters also introduce a critical governance perspective to land
tenure dynamics and examine the increasingly prominent
hybridisation of land use rights systems and land markets,
providing a state-of-the-art reflection of the field and
contributing to an agenda for future research, policy and practice.
Academics studying urban and regional planning, social innovation,
and commoning will find this book to be essential reading. It will
also interest policy makers and civil society organisations looking
for a stronger understanding of land dynamics and urbanisation in
order to set up new forms of land governance. Contributors include:
P. Abramo, A.M. Brown, N. Busscher, N. Carofilis, C. Collado Solis,
V. d'Auria Anitha, C.E. Estrada, L.A. Flores Hernandez, E.T.
Gbeckor-Kove, A. Hasan, I. Hiergens, R. Krueger, A. Mehmood, L.
Miranda, F. Moulaert, O.A. Nyapala, B. Pak, C. Parra, G. Payne, O.
Peek, M. Quintana Molina, A. Sadiq, K. Scheerlinck, A. Suseelan,
PVK Rameshwar, C. Tavares e Silva, G. Testori, S. Ud Din Ahmed, P.
Van den Broeck, H. Verschure
This book aims to gain a better grasp of how education, both inside
and outside school, is shaped by our understanding of time. Over
the last decennia, both education and policymaking have undergone
radical changes, transcending them far beyond the historical limits
of the modern nation-state where their contemporary shape
originated. The often-discussed shift from government to governance
in education policy, together with the crystallization of newly
emerging spaces of transnational education, are illustrative in
this respect. The national grammar of schooling is set out to
arrange time in class hours, schooldays and yearly cohorts. Its
curricula establish what the past should teach to future
generations. But when education shifts perspectives towards
transnational, European or even global levels, this past
increasingly seems to lose relevance when understood as continuity
and as tradition. Instead, in education as in policymaking, the
discontinuity expected to result from a future deemed open and
undetermined becomes an endless resource for the development of new
political and educational (re)forms. How are contemporary education
and education policy creating and reacting to particular forms of
presents, pasts or futures? How do specific forms of education
(such as lifelong learning) relate to our shifting understandings
of time? How are progress, acceleration and time related in
educational reform processes? Through showing the contingency of
time-making in educational practices, the contributions to this
book seek to answer these questions and thus open avenues to think
education and time anew. The chapters in this book were originally
published as a special issue of the journal Educational Philosophy
and Theory.
This book is an introduction to the works of a collective of
academics on social innovation and socio-political transformation.
It offers a critique of the dominance of market-based logics and
extractivism in the age of neoliberalism. Calling for systemic
change, the authors invite the reader to engage in the analysis and
practice of socially innovative initiatives and, by doing so,
contribute to the co-construction of a sustainable,
solidarity-based and regenerative society. This book will not only
be an inspiration for many academics and researchers broadly
interested in social innovation, but also for social movements and
their protagonists challenging the dominance of the status quo. In
addition, it will appeal to policymakers and politicians who want
to appreciate contemporary ways of thinking and gain inspiration on
how to better meet the needs of the communities they serve.
Contributors: L. Albrechts, I. Andre, I. Calvo Mendieta, S.
Cameron, L. Cavola, D. Coimbra de Souza, G. Cotella, A. Da Rosa
Pires, S. De Blust, P.M. Delladetsimas, M. Edwards, B.
Galvan-Lopez, M. Garcia, H. Gulinck, P. Healey, J. Hillier, F.
Hillmann, B. Jessop, M. Kaethler, G. Karametou, C. Kesteloot, A.Z.
Khan, J.-L. Klein, A. Kuhk, M. Loopmans, D. MacCallum, M. Macharia,
A. Martens, F. Martinelli, A. Mehmood, K. Miciukiewicz, E. Midheme,
K. Morgan, E. Morlicchio, F. Moulaert, A. Novy, S. Oosterlynck, A.
Paidakaki, C. Parra, M. Pradel, J. Pratschke, P. Rego, A. Rehman
Cheema, C. Rodrigues, J. Schreurs, R. Segers, L. Servillo, N.-L.
Sum, E. Swyngedouw, C. Tornaghi, P. Van den Broeck, B. Van Dyck, H.
Verschure, T. Werquin, P. Widyatmi Putri
The Routledge Handbook of Planning Research Methods is an expansive
look at the traditions, methods, and challenges of research design
and research projects in contemporary urban planning. Through case
studies, an international group of researchers, planning
practitioners, and planning academics and educators, all recognized
authorities in the field, provide accounts of designing and
implementing research projects from different approaches and
venues. This book shows how to apply quantitative and qualitative
methods to projects, and how to take your research from the
classroom to the real world. The book is structured into sections
focusing on Beginning planning research Research design and
development Rediscovering qualitative methods New advances in
quantitative methods Turning research into action With chapters
written by leading scholars in spatial planning, The Routledge
Handbook of Planning Research Methods is the most authoritative and
comprehensive handbook on the topic, providing both established and
ground breaking coverage of spatial planning research methods. The
book is an invaluable resource for undergraduate and graduate level
students, young professionals and practitioners in urban, regional,
and spatial planning.
The Routledge Handbook of Planning Research Methods is an expansive
look at the traditions, methods, and challenges of research design
and research projects in contemporary urban planning. Through case
studies, an international group of researchers, planning
practitioners, and planning academics and educators, all recognized
authorities in the field, provide accounts of designing and
implementing research projects from different approaches and
venues. This book shows how to apply quantitative and qualitative
methods to projects, and how to take your research from the
classroom to the real world. The book is structured into sections
focusing on Beginning planning research Research design and
development Rediscovering qualitative methods New advances in
quantitative methods Turning research into action With chapters
written by leading scholars in spatial planning, The Routledge
Handbook of Planning Research Methods is the most authoritative and
comprehensive handbook on the topic, providing both established and
ground breaking coverage of spatial planning research methods. The
book is an invaluable resource for undergraduate and graduate level
students, young professionals and practitioners in urban, regional,
and spatial planning.
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