Local Social Innovation to Combat Poverty and Exclusion

“This book is a milestone in the experimental world of social innovation, the micro-governance of social innovation and the debate on practices of future democracy.” Frank Moulaert, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
“In today’s welfare states, poverty remains a largely intractable problem for policy makers and a persistent reality for many citizens. This book critically assesses the potential of social innovation. The book successfully paves the way for different policy paradigms – social protection, social investment and social innovation – to speak to each other. Against the background of the major challenges we face, this is an important, and even necessary, task.” Bea Cantillon, Universiteit Antwerpen
"This interdisciplinary volume sheds important new light on the governance challenges facing social innovations in Europe and Brazil. Participatory bottom-up politics empowers excluded citizens, satisfies needs, and improves public programs.” Hilary Silver, Georgetown University and Brown University
“Theoretically strong with interesting case studies based on excellent European research.” Enzo Mingione, Università di Milano-Bicocca