Chief Editor
  • Prof. Christina Nikolova, PhD
Editorial Board
  • Prof. Christina Nikolova, PhD - UNWE
  • Prof. Elka Todorova, DSc. - UNWE
  • Prof. Maya Lambovska, DSc. - UNWE
  • Assoc. Prof. Todor Nedev, PhD - UNWE
  • Assoc. Prof. Dorina Kabakchieva, PhD - UNWE
  • Assoc. Prof. Paskal Zhelev, PhD - UNWE
Scientific Secretary
  • Assoc. Prof. Aleksandar Valkov, PhD - UNWE
Coordinator
  • Assist. Prof. Veselina Lyubomirova, PhD - UNWE
International Editorial Board
  • Damian Stantchev, PhD
    Edinburgh NAPIER University, UK

  • Ivaylo Vassilev, PhD
    University of Southampton,UK

  • Prof. Irina Kuzmina-Merlino, PhD
    Transport and Telecommunication Institute, Riga

  • Milan Zdravkovic
    University of Niš, Serbia

  • Prof. Niculae Mihaita, PhD
    Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania

  • Prof. Ricardo Jardim-Gonçalves, PhD
    UNINOVA institute, New University of Lisbon, Portugal

  • Prof. Ing. Jaroslav Belás, PhD
    Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic

  • Prof. John Rijsman, PhD
    Tilburg University

  • Prof. Ing. Zdenek Dvorák, PhD
    University of Zilina, Slovak Republic

  • Prof. Zoran Cekerevac, PhD
    “Union – Nikola Tesla” University in Belgrade, Serbia

Social Innovations between Politics and Policy
YEARBOOK OF UNWE
year 2020
Issue 1

Social Innovations between Politics and Policy

Abstract

The Social innovations are a trendy approach for presenting modern ideas in management and policy plans especially at the local and regional levels. It is also a well-adopted concept on the national level mainly in the social policy, and partly in some economic development measures. The understanding of their role, place, and capacity in the contemporary and future governance mix of instruments is an area open to debate. Where do social innovations stand between politics for social change and the policy for social problem-solving? What is their specific implementation in the social sector and policy? These are the main questions that this piece of research addresses. The results expose two different understandings and approaches to the development and implementation of social innovations. The presented conclusions are useful in reconsidering the social or societal variety of innovations at the policy level.

JEL: O35, O18

Keywords

Social Innovation, social entrepreneurship, social transformation, societal change, societal innovations
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