Social Enterprise

by Kerlin, Janelle A.

• ISBN13: 9781584658221
• ISBN10: 1584658223
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-10
• Publisher: Univ Pr of New England

Summary

Social enterprise--the use of market-based, civil society approaches to address social issues--has been a growing phenomenon for over twenty years. Gathering essays by researchers and practitioners from around the globe, this volume examines, from a local perspective, the diverse ways in which social enterprise has emerged in different regions. Each chapter examines the conceptualization, history, legal and political frameworks, supporting institutions, and latest developments and challenges for social enterprise in a given region or country. In the final chapter, Janelle A. Kerlin presents a comparative analysis of the various models and contexts for social enterprise, showing how particular strengths in each environment lead to different enterprise initiative models.

Author Biography

JANELLE A. KELIN is assistant professor of public management and policy at Georgia State University.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. viii
list of Tables	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Contributors	p. xix
Acknowledgments	p. xxvii
Introduction	p. 1
Western Europe	p. 12
East-Central Europe	p. 35
Southeast Asia	p. 64
United States	p. 87
Zimbabwe and Zambia	p. 114
Argentina	p. 139
Japan	p. 163
A Comparison of Social Enterprise Models and Contexts	p. 184
Index	p. 201
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