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New Players on Crowded Playing Fields: The Institutional Embeddedness of Social Innovation in Germany

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2014

Claudia Ruddat  and
Anna-Lena Schönauer
Claudia Ruddat
Affiliation:
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany E-mail: claudia.ruddat@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Anna-Lena Schönauer
Affiliation:
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany E-mail: anna-lena.schoenauer@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
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Abstract

This article1 analyses whether and how social innovations can be implemented in a Conservative/Bismarckian welfare regime and society such as Germany. It examines the transferability and the relevance of this discourse and practice, and argues that, due to existing institutional structures and cultures, innovation by public sector intrapreneurship is more significant in Germany than through social entrepreneurship. The article challenges the assumption that social innovation emerges from entrepreneurship, and questions the level of attention and importance attached to this development

Keywords

Social innovationintrapreneurshipsocial entrepreneurshipsocial servicesGerman welfare state

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Themed Section on Social Innovation and Social Policy
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Social Policy and Society , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , July 2014 , pp. 445 - 456
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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