Social innovation without social justice: Disbanding the victim market

Sinclair, M

Social innovation without social justice: Disbanding the victim market

Sinclair, M

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change, 2013, 1 (1)
Issue Date:: 2013-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Sinclair, M https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7928-2431	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change, 2013, 1 (1)	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2201-1315	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/27007
dc.description.abstract	This paper argues that social innovation requires dispensing with social justice as a goal. Why? Despite the best of intentions of advocates of social justice, the outcomes of social justice initiatives are axiomatically perverse. I argue that advocates of social justice, rather than the ostensible target populations they champion, are the primary beneficiaries of social justice initiatives (Sinclair, 2000; Sinclair, 2002). This seemingly counter-intuitive effect is caused by the field of social justice activity itself, which has become a market in victim circumstances.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change	en_US
dc.title	Social innovation without social justice: Disbanding the victim market	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	1	en_US
utslib.for	160805 Social Change	en_US
utslib.for	1301 Education Systems	en_US
utslib.for	1303 Specialist Studies in Education	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
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Abstract:

This paper argues that social innovation requires dispensing with social justice as a goal. Why? Despite the best of intentions of advocates of social justice, the outcomes of social justice initiatives are axiomatically perverse. I argue that advocates of social justice, rather than the ostensible target populations they champion, are the primary beneficiaries of social justice initiatives (Sinclair, 2000; Sinclair, 2002). This seemingly counter-intuitive effect is caused by the field of social justice activity itself, which has become a market in victim circumstances.

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