Theory of Social Enterprise and Pluralism

Social Movements, Solidarity Economy, and the Global South

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ID23796802
AuthorsLuciane dos Santos
EditorsPhilippe Eynaud (0000-0002-2146-9735), Jean-Louis Laville (0000-0002-5010-070X), Luciane Lucas Dos Santos (0000-0001-6409-8850), Swati Banerjee (0000-0002-0413-9662), Flor Avelino (0000-0002-3709-9791), Lars Hulgård
Year2019
Publication date2019-05-20
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueTheory of Social Enterprise and Pluralism (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780429291197
OpenAlexW2966758032
ISBN9780429291197
LanguageEN
Citations received8

In the past decades, social enterprise has been an emerging field of research. Its main frameworks have been provided by Occidental approaches. Mainly based on an organizational vision, they give little or no room to questions such as gender, race, colonialism, class, power relations and intertwined forms of inequality. However, a wide range of worldwide hidden, popular initiatives can be considered as another form of social enterprises based on solidarity, re-embedding the economy as well as broadening the political scope. This has been shown in a previous book: Civil Society, the Third Sector, and Social Enterprise: Governance and Democracy. Thus, to be more than a fashion or a fictitious panacea, the concept of social enterprise needs to be debated. Southern realities cannot be only understood through imported categories and outside modeled guidelines. This book engages a multicontinental and pluridisciplinary discussion in order to provide a pluralist theory of social enterprise. The book will be of interest to researchers, academics and students in the fields of social entrepreneurship, social innovation, development studies, management studies and social work

Epistemology · Pluralism (philosophy) · Political science · Public relations · Social enterprise · Sociology · Community Development and Social Impact · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Philosophy

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