This book is an introduction to the works of a collective of academics on social innovation and socio-political transformation. It offers a critique of the domi

This book addresses the key question of why socially innovative initiatives, including attempts to rejuvenate democracy by introducing new modes of participatio

This book explores new forms of democracy in practice following the 2011 global uprisings; democracy that comes from below, by and for the ‘have-nots’. Comb

This book explores how the State can play a role as an enabler of citizens-led social innovations, to accelerate the shift to sustainable and socially just life

ÔThe challenges of poverty and social exclusion cannot be fully resolved through conventional public sector policies and market-led innovation. The case studie