Implementing Innovative Social Investment
Strategic Lessons from Europe
Contributor(s)
Baines, Susan (editor)
Bassi, Andrea (editor)
Csoba, Judit (editor)
Sipos, Flórián (editor)
Language
EnglishAbstract
The turn towards a Social Investment approach to welfare implies deploying resources to enhance human capital and mobilise the productive potential of citizens, starting in early childhood.
This edited collection brings regional and local realities to the forefront of social investment debates by showcasing successes, challenges and setbacks of Social Investment policies and services from ten European countries: Italy, UK, Sweden, Finland, Greece, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Hungary, and Spain. It provides practical, accessible illustrations of good practice, routes to success, and lessons learned. The book is informed throughout by engagement with service users and local communities, and features many previously unheard voices including front-line workers, local decision makers, volunteers and beneficiaries.
Keywords
Social investment; civil society; early intervention; labour market activation; social innovationOCN
1100490717Publisher
Policy PressPublisher website
https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/homePublication date and place
Bristol, 2019Imprint
Policy PressClassification
Welfare and benefit systems