Social enterprise as a bottom-up dynamic

Part 1. The reaction of civil society to unmet social needs in Italy, Sweden and Japan

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6194202
AutoresCarlo Borzaga (0000-0002-3834-9174, University of Trento), Luca Fazzi (0000-0003-0735-5886, University of Trento), Giulia Galera (European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprise, autor correspondente)
Ano2016
Volume26
Fascículo1
Páginas1-18
Data de publicação2016-01-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Review of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0390-6701 • E-ISSN: 1469-9273
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03906701.2016.1148332
OpenAlexW2307579029
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas42

Over the past decades, social enterprises have been acknowledged as key welfare actors in several EU countries. In spite of the dramatic research devoted to exploring them, several issues concerning the definition, drivers and roles played by policies in sustaining social enterprise growth are still highly contested. Drawing on the papers published in this Monographic section, the introduction to this issue reconstructs the debate that has accompanied the emergence and development of social enterprises with a view to providing evidence of the advantages of collective participation for social enterprise emergence and growth. Next, the introduction pays attention to the factors that have led to the emergence and success of social enterprises as a form of self-organization of civil society; and briefly describes the papers included in this issue

Civil society · Economic growth · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social change · Social enterprise · Social Welfare · Sociology · Welfare · Community Development and Social Impact · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering