SOCIAL ECONOMY IN BAŁTÓW AS SOCIAL INNOVATION
SOCIAL ECONOMY IN BAŁTÓW AS SOCIAL INNOVATION
Author(s): Kamila HernikSubject(s): Social development, Rural and urban sociology, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Centrum Badań i Innowacji Pro-Akademia
Keywords: social innovations;social economy;local community;social change;clusters
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses problems of joining of social economy and social innovation, illustrated by the example of activities undertaken in the last decade in the rural commune of Bałtów (Świętokrzyskie voivodship). In the theoretical section, I present the context of emergence of social innovations in Europe and some of their definitions. In the empirical section, I depict the development of social entrepreneurship initiatives in Bałtów commune based on the case study conducted in 2013 and analyse them in the context of social innovation.
Journal: Acta Innovations
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 24
- Page Range: 65-73
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English