Journal title SALUTE E SOCIETÀ
Author/s Francesco Grisolia, Emanuele Farragina
Publishing Year 2015 Issue 2015/1EN
Language English Pages 11 P. 165-175 File size 68 KB
DOI 10.3280/SES2015-001013EN
DOI is like a bar code for intellectual property: to have more infomation
click here
Below, you can see the article first page
If you want to buy this article in PDF format, you can do it, following the instructions to buy download credits
FrancoAngeli is member of Publishers International Linking Association, Inc (PILA), a not-for-profit association which run the CrossRef service enabling links to and from online scholarly content.
We challenge the idea that social innovation can constitute an effective strategy to counter-balance the retrenchment of public social provisions. The changes within the Italian healthcare system, one of the most important sectors of the welfare state, in which the concept of social innovation has been widely discussed, are a clear example of a broader trend toward decentralisation and marketization. In conjunction with a new balance between public and private funding, these changes are contributing to increased inequalities and territorial disparities. The call to social innovation, if not embedded within a structural reform of the Italian welfare state and the health care system, might simply become a convenient buzzword to forward the neoliberal ideology in a time of austerity.
Keywords: Social innovation; neoliberalism; austerity
Francesco Grisolia, Emanuele Farragina, Social Innovation on the Rise: yet another buzzword in a time of austerity? in "SALUTE E SOCIETÀ" 1EN/2015, pp 165-175, DOI: 10.3280/SES2015-001013EN