Towards social holism: social innovation, holistic research methodology and pragmatic collective action

Moulaert, F. and Mehmood, Abid ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3719-6388 2014. Towards social holism: social innovation, holistic research methodology and pragmatic collective action. Silva, Elisabete A., Healey, Patsy, Harris, Neil Robert and Van den Broeck, Pieter, eds. The Routledge Handbook of Planning Research Methods: A Case-Based Guide to Research Design, New York, NY: Routledge, pp. 97-106.

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This chapter offers social holism as an ethically aware approach to research methods in social sciences. Whereas social innovation is about improving social relations, spatial planning has a primary focus on the transformative change. A holistic research methodology in this respect helps understand common themes, patterns and conditions of existence, as well as features of social interaction and change across different sectors and communities in a society. Pragmatism as an overarching philosophy helps with reflexive interpretation of cultural and institutional contexts. Social holism, therefore, emerges as a research methodology that gives due regards to the complexity of social relations, interaction between the agents of change, and the improvement of human well being, and envisions a better future.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Business (Including Economics) Research Institutes & Centres > Sustainable Places Research Institute (PLACES) Schools > Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education) Schools > Geography and Planning (GEOPL)
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Publisher:	Routledge
ISBN:	9780415727952
Last Modified:	27 Oct 2022 09:17
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/65114

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