Deparment of Political Science & Public Administration
Library of the Faculties of Political Science and Public Administration, Communication and Mass Media Studies, Turkish and Modern Asian Studies, Sociology

2020-06-23

2020

Chondrou Sevasti

1. Νικόλαος-Κομνηνός Χλέπας, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Πολιτικής Επιστήμης & Δημόσιας Διοίκησης, ΕΚΠΑ (επιβλέπων καθηγητής)
2. Αντώνης Μακρυδημήτρης, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Πολιτικής Επιστήμης & Δημόσιας Διοίκησης, ΕΚΠΑ, (μέλος της Τριμελούς Επιτροπής)
3. Γεωργία Γιαννακούρου, Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Πολιτικής Επιστήμης & Δημόσιας Διοίκησης, ΕΚΠΑ (μέλος της Τριμελούς Επιτροπής)
4. Θεόδωρος Τσέκος, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Διοίκησης Επιχειρήσεων και Οργανισμών, Πανεπιστήμιο Πελοποννήσου
5. Ιωάννης Ψυχάρης, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Οικονομικής και Περιφερειακής Ανάπτυξης, Σχολή Επιστημών Οικονομίας και Δημόσιας Διοίκησης, Πάντειο Πανεπιστήμιο
6. Νικόλαος Θεοχαράκης, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Οικονομικών Επιστημών, ΕΚΠΑ
7. Μαρία-Ηλιάννα Πραβίτα, Λέκτορας, Τμήμα Πολιτικής Επιστήμης & Δημόσιας Διοίκησης, ΕΚΠΑ

Κοινωνική Καινοτομία στην Τοπική Διακυβέρνηση: η ελληνική περίπτωση Τραπεζών Χρόνου

Greek

Social Innovation in Local Governance: the Greek Case of Time Banks

The complexities and the unprecedented strain caused by modern socio-economic challenges create a demanding context for local governments. Social innovation, stems out of other forms of innovation as a promising way to provide immediate and permanent solutions to such wicked problems, and since 2012 has gained more space and appreciation in the spheres of society, science and policy. How local governments make use of social innovation, until today, constitutes an emergent field of scientific research.
This thesis, in order to elucidate the unchartered field of social innovation in local governance, the sustainability traits of socially innovative schemes and the transformative aspects of social innovation, studies empirically the Greek Time Banks, during the period, 2013-2016.
The Greek field of timebanking, during this time, was formed by two niches, the Public or Funded one, where Time Banks functioned through the cooperation of Municipalities and Non Governmental Organizations, and the Grassroots niche, that comprised self-funded and self-organized initiatives of non-formal social groups.
Initially, this study explores whether the Greek case of timebanking can be refered to as a form of social innovation, based on a definition that assesses innovative initiatives according to their content, governance and empowerment attributes. Following that, it investigates the patterns of governance existent within the Time Banks and among the local partnerships, and traces the factors that contributed to their high variety. Finally, it determines the sustainability traits of greek Time Banks under the theoretical spectrum of Transformative Social Innovation and it examines the particular role of Local Governments in it.
The purpose of this research is exploratory and it is mainly based on the qualitative paradigm. Albeit, it combines qualitative data collection and assessment methods such as field research and in-depth study of multiple cases, in order to depict and understand different meanings, with quantitative techniques, with a view to detecting the demographic elements of the Greek field of timebanking and discerning the dominant perceptions of the main actors on key issues.

Social, Political and Economic sciences

social innovation, local governance, Time Banks, transformative social innovation, sustainability

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https://pergamos.lib.uoa.gr/uoa/dl/object/2917236/file.pdf

https://pergamos.lib.uoa.gr/uoa/dl/object/2917236