The Emergence of Social Enterprise

by Borzaga; Carlo

• ISBN13: 9780415253017
• ISBN10: 0415253012
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-19
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

By comparing the different national experiences of each country, the book traces the most significant developments in social entrepreneurship emerging in Europe. The work also examines the more traditional non-profit or third sector organisations. The final chapters present an initial attempt to outline a theory of social enterprise.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	viii
Notes on contributors	ix
Acknowledgements	xii
Introduction: from third sector to social enterprise	1	(28)
J. Defourny
PART I Social enterprises in the fifteen EU countries	29	(242)
Austria: social enterprises and new childcare services	31	(16)
K. Leichsenring
Belgium: social enterprises in community services	47	(18)
J. Defourny
M. Nyssens
Denmark: co-operative activity and community development	65	(17)
S. Bengtsson
L. Hulgard
Finland: labour co-operatives as an innovative response to unemployment	82	(18)
P. Pattiniemi
France: social enterprises developing 'proximity services'	100	(20)
J. L. Laville
Germany: social enterprises and transitional employment	120	(16)
A. Evers
M. Schulze-Boing
Greece: social enterprises responding to welfare needs	136	(13)
D. Ziomas
M. Ketsetzopoulou
N. Bouzas
Ireland: social enterprises and local development	149	(17)
P. O'Hara
Italy: from traditional co-operatives to innovative social enterprises	166	(16)
C. Borzaga
A. Santuari
Luxembourg: work-integration social enterprises in an emerging third sector	182	(10)
P. Delaunois
E. Becker
Portugal: co-operatives for rehabilitation of people with disabilities	192	(11)
H. Perista
Spain: social enterprises as a response to employment policy failure	203	(17)
I. Vidal
Sweden: the emergence of work-integration social enterprises	220	(16)
Y. Stryjan
The Netherlands: neighbourhood development enterprises	236	(16)
P. H. Renooy
United Kingdom: a wide range of social enterprises	252	(19)
R. Spear
PART II Social enterprises: a theoretical perspective	271	(79)
Social enterprises as incentive structures: an economic analysis	273	(23)
A. Bacchiega
C. Borzaga
The significance of social capital in the multiple goal and resource structure of social enterprises	296	(16)
A. Evers
The social enterprise: towards a theoretical socio-economic approach	312	(21)
J. L. Laville
M. Nyssens
Management challenges for social enterprises	333	(17)
C. Borzaga
L. Solari
Conclusions: social enterprises in Europe: a diversity of initiatives and prospects	350	(21)
C. Borzaga
J. Defourny
Index	371