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Rampant, unbridled change appears as a ubiquitous phenomenon that holds broad segments of contemporary society in its grasp. Industrialization, individualization, rationalization—they are all seemingly fateful processes that dismantle and reconstruct society in a never-ending parade of novel forms. The more differentiation occurs within societal fields, the more interdependent they are and the more complex and dynamic the exchanges that constitute social order between them inevitably become.
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Schubert, C. (2018). Social Innovation. In: Rammert, W., Windeler, A., Knoblauch, H., Hutter, M. (eds) Innovation Society Today. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-19269-3_17
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