The emergence of social enterprise / edited by Carlo Borzaga and Jacques Defourny with the assistance of Sophie Adam and John Callaghan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Borzaga, Carlo.

Defourny, Jacques.

Series:

Routledge studies in the management of voluntary and non-profit organizations ; 4.

Routledge studies in the management of voluntary and non-profit organizations ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Charities--European Union countries.

Charities.

Nonprofit organizations--European Union countries.

Nonprofit organizations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (396 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What are the characteristics of social enterprises? What are the future prospects for social enterprises? What do social enterprises contribute? Analyzing social enterprises in fifteen different countries, The Emergence of Social Enterprise seeks to answer these important questions while investigating the remarkable growth in the 'third sector'. Using the social enterprises as case-studies, theory and practice is combined in a compelling argument to support the concept of an 'emergence' of social enterprise. Written by leading academics, in an accessible yet informed

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: from third sector to social enterprise; Social enterprises in the fifteen EU countries; Austria: social enterprises and new childcare services; Belgium: social enterprises in community services; Denmark: co-operative activity and community development; Finland: labour co-operatives as an innovative response to unemployment; France: social enterprises developing 'proximity services'; Germany: social enterprises and transitional employment

Greece: social enterprises responding to welfare needsIreland: social enterprises and local development; Italy: from traditional co-operatives to innovative social enterprises; Luxembourg: work-integration social enterprises in an emerging third sector; Portugal: co-operatives for rehabilitation of people with disabilities; Spain: social enterprises as a response to employment policy failure; Sweden: the emergence of work-integration social enterprises; The Netherlands: neighbourhood development enterprises; United Kingdom: a wide range of social enterprises

Social enterprises: a theoretical perspectiveSocial enterprises as incentive structures: an economic analysis; The significance of social capital in the multiple goal and resource structure of social enterprises; The social enterprise: towards a theoretical socio-economic approach; Management challenges for social enterprises; Conclusions: social enterprises in Europe: a diversity of initiatives and prospects; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-52671-7

0-429-22891-0

1-134-52672-5

0-203-16467-9

1-280-10558-5

9780429228919

OCLC:

437078977