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Innovation is an oft-heard buzzword in both public and private sectors concerned with the organisation and delivery of services to vulnerable individuals. This thoughtful volume explores what innovation might actually involve in the context of contemporary human services.
List of contents
1. Innovation in Social Welfare and Human Services: Introduction 2. What is Innovation? 3. Social Innovations: A Diffuse Concept? 4. Innovations in Public Service 5. Public Innovation: A Question of Power? 6. Levels of Innovation 7. Obstacles to Innovation 8. Innovating: Not Easy, but it is Imperative
About the author
Rolf Rønning is a professor of social policy at Lillehammer University College, Norway. He has for many years conducted research and been published in the field of welfare policy. His main research interests now lie in the area of innovation in the public sector, with welfare services as the main focus. His recent publications include Framing Innovation in Public Service Sectors.
Marcus Knutagård is a researcher and senior lecturer at the School of Social Work, Lund University, Sweden. His current research interests include work on the moral geography of homelessness, category formation in the field of homelessness and social policy and housing. With colleagues at Lund University and at Lillehammer University College, he has recently written a book on innovations in welfare services with a special focus on social innovations.
Summary
Innovation is an oft-heard buzzword in both public and private sectors concerned with the organisation and delivery of services to vulnerable individuals. This thoughtful volume explores what innovation might actually involve in the context of contemporary human services.
