Uwarunkowania innowacji społecznych w społecznościach wiejskich i metody ich stymulowania
Determinants of social innovations in rural communities and the methods of their stimulation

Author(s): Katarzyna Zajda
Subject(s): Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: social innovation;social mobilization;social capital;the LEADER approach
Summary/Abstract: In the chapter, the problem of the conditions of social innovations (such as human and social capital) was analyzed. On the basis of the literature of the subject (mainly English) the term social innovation was defined and the problem of its social perception was discussed. In the context of the characteristics of rural communities (especially the potential of their social capital) the method of citizens mobilization to participate in the innovation process was described as well as the LEADER approach – a social innovation that can stimulate the other ones.

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