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Which inclusive innovation? Competing normative assumptions around social justice

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  • Les Levidow
  • Theo Papaioannou

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The concept ‘inclusive innovation’ has responded to an increasing realization that capital-intensive innovations have generally resulted in social exclusion, especially for lower income people. Towards alternatives, the literature has competing models of social inclusion – its forms, causes and remedies. These models depend on different normative assumptions about socio-economic in/equity, corresponding to divergent theoretical camps of social justice: a liberal-individualist camp emphasizes a fairer distribution of societal benefits to individuals; more high-tech investment, skills training, cheaper products and/or more favourable external conditions will help low-income people to gain greater access. By contrast, a social-collectivist camp seeks different conditions for reconstituting societal benefits through commons and public goods. Any initiative or policy framework entails such assumptions or tensions among them. Given these competing assumptions, their models can be made explicit for strategic debate, towards opening up inclusive innovation to more conscious political choices.

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  • Les Levidow & Theo Papaioannou, 2018. "Which inclusive innovation? Competing normative assumptions around social justice," Innovation and Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 8(2), pages 209-226, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:riadxx:v:8:y:2018:i:2:p:209-226
    DOI: 10.1080/2157930X.2017.1351605
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    1. Mortazavi, Sina & Eslami, Mohammad H. & Hajikhani, Arash & Väätänen, Juha, 2021. "Mapping inclusive innovation: A bibliometric study and literature review," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 122(C), pages 736-750.
    2. Pilag Kakeu, Charles Bertin & Miamo Wendji, Clovis & Kouhomou, Clémence Zite & Mapa Kamdoum, Généviève Christel, 2024. "Can technological innovations contribute to more overcome the issue of poverty reduction in africa?," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 76(C).
    3. Fulvio Castellacci, 2023. "Innovation and social welfare: A new research agenda," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 37(4), pages 1156-1191, September.
    4. Al-Emran, Mostafa, 2023. "Beyond technology acceptance: Development and evaluation of technology-environmental, economic, and social sustainability theory," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 75(C).

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