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Author:   Kees Biekart (ISS, The Netherlands) ,  Wendy Harcourt ,  Peter Knorringa
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.700kg
ISBN:  

9781138936331

ISBN 10:   1138936332
Pages:   292
Publication Date:   24 May 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction: Giving meaning to Civic Innovation Kees Biekart, Wendy Harcourt and Peter Knorringa Chapter 2 The Institutional Foundations of Civic Innovation Georgina Gomez and Holly Ritchie Chapter 3 Change actors and civic innovators: who triggers change? Systematizing the role of interlocutors in civic innovation processes Alan Fowler Chapter 4 Can Consultants be Civic Innovators? Exploring their Roles as Auditors and Allies Sylvia I. Bergh and Kees Biekart Chapter 5 Between State, Market and Civil Society: What constitutes the social in social entrepreneurship? A.H.J. (Bert) Helmsing Chapter 6 Civic Innovation in Value Chains: Towards Workers as Agents in Non-governmental Labour Regulation Karin Astrid Siegmann, Jeroen Merk and Peter Knorringa Chapter 7 Civic Innovation by Family Farmers in the Face of Global Value Chain Inclusion: Between Material Conditions and Imagined Futures Lee Pegler and Wanessa Marques Silva Chapter 8 Exploring embodiment and intersectionality in transnational feminist activist research Wendy Harcourt, Rosalba Icaza and Virginia Vargas Chapter 9 Towards new perspectives on labour precarity and decent work of sex workers Silke Heumann, Karin Astrid Siegmann and Empower Foundation Chapter 10 Resistance and Hope: youth responding to the economic crisis in Southern Europe Paulina (Sat) Trejo-Mendez, Paula Sánchez de la Blanca, Laura Santamaría Buitrago, Emma Claire Sardoni and Guilia Simula with Wendy Harcourt Chapter 11 Civic Activism and Social Accountability: a Quantitative Approach Anderson Macedo de Jesus and Irene van Staveren Chapter 12 Minding the gap between activism and academia – or bridging it? Reflections on how to do civic innovation research Kees Biekart and Karin Astrid Siegmann Chapter 13 Conclusion: Moving agendas forward Kees Biekart, Wendy Harcourt and Peter Knorringa

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Kees Biekart is Associate Professor of Political Sociology at the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Wendy Harcourt is Associate Professor in Critical Development and Feminist Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Peter Knorringa is Professor of Private Sector and Development at the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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