Social Innovation and Democratic Leadership
Communities and Social Change from Below
Marc Parés, Sonia M. Ospina and Joan Subirats
Chapter 2: Geographies of crisis: comparing the United States and Europe through New York and Barcelona
Marc Parés, Sonia M. Ospina and Joan Subirats
Extract
In this chapter we discuss the effects of the Great Recession in the US and Europe and outline the key responses developed at the macro and micro levels, exploring how social innovation has become a powerful response to evolving social challenges within communities. We also justify our claim that communities matter for fostering social change from below, and then introduce Barcelona and New York as the two cities that host the innovative efforts we chose to highlight in our selected case studies.
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