00971nam a2200109Ia 4500080001800000100002000018245012000038260005100158300001700209520061400226583002100840  a05.03.04 I615  aMoulaert, Frank  aThe International handbook on social innovation : collective action, social learning and transdisciplinary research  bEdward Elgar PublishingaMassachusettsUSc2013  axxii, 500 p.  aRefers broadly to innovation in meeting social needs of, or delivering social benefits to communities, viz., the cration of new products, services, organisational structures or activities that are better or more effective than traditional, public sector, philanthropic or market-reliant approaches in responding to social exclusion. Presents a coherent methodological perspective on social innovation, both conceptually and practically - to multi-scalar structural, political and cultural forces which produce social exclusion but also hold the potential for social change and socially innovative initiatives.  c6/11/13kEVELYND