Society and the City: The Dark Sides of Social Innovation Contributor(s): Borelli, Guido (Editor), Busacca, Maurizio (Editor) |
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ISBN: 8869772586 ISBN-13: 9788869772580 Publisher: Mimesis OUR PRICE: $23.74 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2020 |
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BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Social Science | Sociology - General |
Series: Sociology |
Physical Information: 200 pages |
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Publisher Description: Is there a connection between the increasingly widespread concept of Social Innovation (SI) and the success of today's model of capitalist regulation? According to most studies focusing on SI, the existing relation is restorative in nature: SI intervenes to fix some negative effects brought about by the neoliberal regime. This volume is based on a different assumption, namely that SI is a dispositif inscribed in neoliberal govern mentality, functional in supporting the new production forms of cognitive capitalism. In light of this assumption, the transition from a production mode to another generates a series of contradictions in social relations that change the space in which they are inevitably inscribed. In this regard, SI practices are an ideal research field to observe the modes of production of subjectivity, along with the spatial practices of the subjects interested in/affected by SI. |
Contributor Bio(s): Busacca, Maurizio: - Maurizio Busacca is Adjunct Professor in Advanced Management of non-profit organizations and Research Assistant in Critical Management Studies at the Department of Management, Ca' Foscari University, Venice.Borelli, Guido: - Guido Borelli is Associate Professor of Sociology of the Environment and the Territory at IUAV University, Venice and Professor of Identity Heritage and Globalization at Venice International University. |