par Pel, Bonno 
Editeur scientifique Howaldt, Jurgen;Kaletka, Christoph
Référence Encyclopedia of Social Innovation, Edward Elgar, page (132-138)
Publication Publié, 2023-10-28
Editeur scientifique Howaldt, Jurgen;Kaletka, Christoph
Référence Encyclopedia of Social Innovation, Edward Elgar, page (132-138)
Publication Publié, 2023-10-28
Partie d'ouvrage collectif
| Résumé : | This chapter addresses the institutionalization of social innovations. Involving innovations in social relations and practices, social innovations can be considered emergent ‘proto-institutions’. Institutionalization marks a process of becoming. It marks the gap between local, ephemeral and often fragile projects of social innovation on the one hand, and broader, lasting and stable societal structures on the other hand. Providing a synthetic overview, this chapter highlights how this topic has been conceptualized along a broad diversity of theoretical angles. Importantly, instrumental questions about institutionalization dynamics and associated institutional entrepreneurship are intertwined with conceptual-normative understandings of what social innovations and institutions are, and of what they are good for. The chapter discusses theoretical angles on 1) institutionalization dynamics, 2) conceptualizations of social innovations and institutions and 3) the associated finalities of SI institutionalization. It concludes with a critical reflection and outlook on future research: Is social innovation research to be undertaken as a sub-stream of institutional theory? |
