This volume presents a broad-ranging and insightful exploration of social innovation and how it can affect life, society and economy, especially within local communities. It addresses key questions about the nature of social innovation as a process and a strategy and explores what opportunities may exist, or may be generated, for social innovation to nourish human development.

Jean Hillier, Associate Dean, School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning, Editor Planning Theory, RMIT University, Australia

Introduction, Diana MacCallum, Frank Moulaert, Jean Hillier, Serena Vicari Haddock; Part 1 Social Innovation: Needs Satisfaction, Community Empowerment and Governance; Chapter 1 Social Innovation: Institutionally Embedded, Territorially (Re)Produced, Frank Moulaert; Chapter 2 Social Innovation for Community Economies, J.K. Gibson-Graham, Gerda Roelvink; Chapter 3 1 This chapter was originally written in French. It has been professionally translated, including all quotations from non-English sources., Mariana Antohi; Chapter 4 Civil Society, Governmentality and the Contradictions of Governance-beyond-the-State: The Janus-face of Social Innovation, Erik Swyngedouw; Part 2 Cities and Socially Innovative Neighbourhoods; Chapter 5 Social Innovation for Neighbourhood Revitalization: A Case of Empowered Part Icipation and Integrative Dynamics in Spain, Arantxa Rodriguez; Chapter 6 How Socially Innovative is Migrant Entrepreneurship? A Case Study of Berlin, Felicitas Hillmann; Chapter 7 Social Innovation, Reciprocity and the Monetarization of Territory in Informal Settlements in Latin American Cities, Pedro Abramo; Chapter 8 Social Innovation and Governance of Scale in Austria, Andreas Novy, Elisabeth Hammer, Bernhard Leubolt; Chapter 9 Inclusive Places, Arts and Socially Creative Milieux, Isabel André, Eduardo Brito Henriques, Jorge Malheiros;