Introducing the challenge of social innovation in urban revitalization / Paul Drewe -- pt. I. Theory -- 1. Social innovation at the territorial level: from path dependency to path building / Jean-Marc Fontan, Juan-Luis Klein and Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay -- 2. Social innovation and urban regeneration from the perspective of an innovative milieu analysis / Andree Matteaccioli -- 3. Social innovation: an institutionalized process / Denis Harrisson -- 4. Agile state, an organizational view on spatial development policy in the Netherlands / Roy G. Mierop -- 5. Combating poverty in Europe and the third world: social innovation in motion / Pasquale De Muro, Abdelillah Hamdouch, Stuart Cameron and Frank Moulaert -- pt. II. Cases -- 6. Local development as social innovation: the case of Montreal / Juan-Luis Klein, Jean-Marc Fontan and Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay -- 7. Social innovation, spatial transformation and sustainable communities: Liverpool and the 'Eldonians' / Peter Roberts -- 8. Bottom-up in Gouda East: design atelier R & M Activity Center / Edward D. Hulsbergen -- 9. Urban development and self-help activities in Leon, Nicaragua / Jan Bredenoord, Desiree van de Ven and Patricia Ardiles -- 10. Battling the digital divide from the bottom-up in Lima, Peru / Ana Maria Fernandez-Maldonado -- 11. URBAN initiative or the EU as social innovator? / Paul Drewe -- 12. Urban renewal program of Caisse des depots et consignations: innovative action to regenerate French towns and cities / Pierre Narring -- 13. Case of Jerusalem: a study in complexity / Rami Nasrallah and Amin Amin -- 14. Thinking about transfer from the Mondragon experience / Herve Grellier, Jean Michel Larrasquet, Sain Lopez Perez and Luxio Ugarte -- Cross-case analysis / Paul Drewe, Edward Hulsbergen and Juan-Luis Klein.