3.1 Is Social Innovation a Key to “De-peripheralization”? Dealing with Challenges of Peripheralization on a Local Level

Döringer, Stefanie

doi:10.1553/isr_fb047s105

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“…From an analytical point of view, these phenomena can be related to the idea of social innovation (Döringer, 2017). As we stated elsewhere, according to the Stanford Graduate School of Business, ‘social innovation is, in short, the process of implementing and developing an effective and innovative solution to social needs or the process of identifying new social needs’ (Dagnes & Storti, 2020, p. 543; Colombarolli & Storti, 2022).…”

Section: Changing Paths: De‐marginalization Of Peripheriesmentioning

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Exiting the periphery: Possible pathways towards a socio‐economic and institutional de‐marginalization of places

Storti

Urso

Reid

2023

Regional Science Policy & Practice

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What are the economic, social and institutional mechanisms that make it possible for peripheral areas to regain centrality? To address this issue, the paper takes stock of the current scientific debate on peripheries. Our reasoning is based on a general assumption according to which simple geographic features do not determine per se socio‐spatial divisions. Peripheral areas are not natural. By contrast, they are the outcomes of more or less intentional processes that imply hierarchical and power relationships, unequal allocation of economic resources, and reliance upon relational patterns and social norms. Therefore, it is essential to observe how and if multidimensional socio‐economic changes may occur within peripheral areas, deconstructing their marginality. In this regard, this paper highlights four main endogenous mechanisms upon which a demarginalization process may rely: 1) transformation in the features of the local institutional make‐up; 2) emergence of collective actions and ‘self‐governance’ processes at the local level; 3) renovation of elite groups; and 4) establishing economic renewal and innovation.

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Section: Changing Paths: De‐marginalization Of Peripheriesmentioning

confidence: 99%