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European Urban and Regional Studies, Vol. 14, No. 3, 195-209 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0969776407077737

Introduction

Introduction: Social Innovation and Governance in European Cities

Urban Development Between Path Dependency and Radical Innovation

Frank Moulaert

Newcastle University, APL/GURU, UK; and IFRESI-CNRS, Lille, France, frank.moulaert{at}ncl.ac.uk

Flavia Martinelli

Università degli Studi 'Mediterranea' di Reggio Calabria, Italy

Sara González

University of Leeds, UK

Erik Swyngedouw

Manchester University, UK

This introductory article does three things. First, it compares neo-liberal and social innovation discourses about urban socio-economic change, including associated policies and key agencies. Second, it seeks to improve the analytical framework of urban development by combining `spatialized' Regulation Theory with elements from Cultural Political Economy and from Urban Regime Theory.Third, with the help of case-studies, the article illustrates how social innovation is a potentially powerful concept, capable of anchoring urban change movements more firmly into the local social and political fabric. The case-studies, some of which are included in this special issue, analyse examples of social innovation in a number of European urban contexts, within the framework of the FP5 SINGOCOM research project.

Key Words: path dependency • regulation • social innovation • urban regimes


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