Impacts of social innovation on spatiality in mountain–lowland relations – Trajectories of two regional initiatives in the context of the Swiss New Regional Policy.

Perlik, Manfred (2021). Impacts of social innovation on spatiality in mountain–lowland relations – Trajectories of two regional initiatives in the context of the Swiss New Regional Policy. Sustainability, 13(7), p. 3823. MDPI 10.3390/su13073823

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This article places the topic of “social innovation” in the context of the paradigm shift of the 1980s. This shift from Fordism to post-Fordism has led to a weakening of the model of the European welfare state. Social innovation has become an instrument to promote regional self-responsibility and entrepreneurial activity by local authorities. The concept of social innovation has become widespread among various disciplines and controversially used by them. Referring to regional and corporate success stories based on the commitment of grassroots movements and civil society has its shortcomings, as the new spatiality regimes show increasing disparities. The article shows the different lines of conflict in the discussion about social innovations and makes suggestions for the specification and delimitation of the concept. Using two case studies on social innovations from mountain regions of Switzerland, based on standardized interviews, including the results of a social network analysis, the article distinguishes between adaptive and transformative social innovations. The adaptive social innovations analysed did not result in changing the inferior position of the regions; however, they prevented even greater destabilization by mobilizing the dynamic actors in the valley to work together. This is helpful for ensuring that the urban majority continues to show solidarity with the population in rural and mountain areas. The constructive interaction between public, private, and civil society institutions is seen as the key factor of social innovation in the European peripheral areas to which most mountain areas belong. View Full-Text
Keywords: impacts of social innovation; transformative social innovation; post-Fordist regime change; urban‒rural linkages in mountain areas; European mountain areas

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

10 Strategic Research Centers > Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

UniBE Contributor:

Perlik, Manfred

Subjects:

300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 320 Political science
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 330 Economics
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 350 Public administration & military science
900 History

ISSN:

2071-1050

Publisher:

MDPI

Projects:

[1037] SIMRA - Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas
[804] Socio-Economic Transition

Language:

English

Submitter:

Manfred Rudolf Perlik

Date Deposited:

27 Jan 2022 14:24

Last Modified:

14 Dec 2022 10:25

Publisher DOI:

10.3390/su13073823

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Uncontrolled Keywords:

impacts of social innovation; transformative social innovation; post-Fordist regime change; urban‒rural linkages in mountain areas; European mountain areas

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/163550

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/163550

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