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Finisterra - Revista Portuguesa de Geografia
Print version ISSN 0430-5027
Abstract
KLEIN, Juan-Luis; FONTAN, Jean-Marc; HARRISSON, Denis and LEVESQUE, Benoît. The quebec system of social innovation: A focused analysis on the local development field. Finisterra [online]. 2012, n.94, pp.9-28. ISSN 0430-5027.
This article shows the components of a system of social innovation based on collaboration and consensus building between a plurality of actors and economic logics. The social innovation system of Quebec features new combinations, approaches, ways of coordination and governance in which social economy and civil society play an important role. Participative governance, co-production of services, co-construction of public policies, as well as the plural character of the economy represent important aspects of this system. This article addresses the territorial dimensions of what could be called the Quebec model of social innovation
Keywords : Quebec; social innovation system; partnership consensus building; governance; plural economy; social economy.