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9780230518131

Understanding the Social Economy, Social Capital and the Third Sector

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  • ISBN13:

    9780230518131

  • ISBN10:

    0230518133

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-11-15
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

The third sector is one of the fastest-growing areas of management study. It has also been identified as a key area of government strategy and investment. For many, the debate about the third sector and the social economy can be confusing. This introductory text makes sense of the field, in the UK and internationally. It presents an overview of its key concepts, discussing their future implications as well as their relevance today.

Author Biography

SIMON BRIDGE is the Proprietor of Simon Bridge and Associates, an economic and enterprise development consultancy. Prior to that he was Enterprise Development Director of LEDU (Local Enterprise Development Unit). He has also served on the board of the UK Institute for Small Business Affairs and chaired the Northern Ireland Department of Economic Development's 'Pathfinder' taskforce on Enterprise.

BRENDAN MURTAGH is a Reader in the School of Environmental Planning at the Queen's University of Belfast, UK.

KEN O'NEILL is Professor of Enterprise and Small Business Development at the University of Ulster's Business School. He is a former President of the International Council of Small Business and the UK's Institute for Small Business Affairs. He is currently member of the European Foundation for Management Development's Small Business Committee.

Table of Contents

List of Figures, Tables and Illustrationsp. viii
Prefacep. xi
Acknowledgementsp. xiii
Why Address the Social Economy?p. 1
Introductionp. 2
The appeal of the social economyp. 4
The association with social capitalp. 10
The assumption of the third sectorp. 11
The acclaimed benefitsp. 13
The agenda of this bookp. 16
The Geography of the Third Sector
What is in an Economy?p. 23
Introductionp. 24
The evolution of an economyp. 24
The sectors of an economyp. 28
Mapping an economyp. 31
Clear boundaries are not realp. 35
A different perspective - the people behind the venturep. 37
Describing the Third Sectorp. 44
Introductionp. 45
What is in the third sector?p. 46
Labelling and defining the third sectorp. 48
The fourth sectorp. 63
In conclusionp. 63
The Social Economy and Social Enterprisesp. 71
Introductionp. 72
The emergence of the social economyp. 73
What is the social economy?p. 75
Social enterprisesp. 80
Other components of the social economyp. 89
The scale of the social economyp. 103
Conclusionsp. 104
The Ecology of the Third Sector
The Nature of the Third Sectorp. 111
Introductionp. 112
Foundersp. 113
Objectivesp. 114
Legal structuresp. 116
Ownershipp. 121
Organisation and managementp. 123
Employmentp. 129
Volunteersp. 133
Rewardsp. 135
Measures of successp. 137
Summaryp. 141
Financing the Third Sectorp. 146
Introductionp. 147
Finance for third sector organisationsp. 148
Third sector finance schemesp. 152
Financial instrumentsp. 162
Financial skills for the third sectorp. 173
Conclusionsp. 175
Social Capitalp. 179
Introductionp. 180
The concept of social capitalp. 181
Definitions and different forms of social capitalp. 182
The advantages of social capitalp. 186
Social capital and economic performancep. 188
Social capital, networks and entrepreneurshipp. 191
Social capital and social enterprisep. 194
Social capital and regenerationp. 195
The dark side of social capitalp. 200
Measuring social capitalp. 202
Does the social economy create social capital?p. 206
Promoting the Third Sectorp. 214
Introductionp. 215
Why the third sector is promotedp. 215
Who is promoting the social economyp. 218
Where, and how, the social economy is promotedp. 220
Conclusionsp. 243
The Impact of the Third Sector: Benefits, Audits and Evaluationsp. 249
Introductionp. 250
Benefitsp. 250
Audits of the third sectorp. 256
Evaluationsp. 262
Conclusionsp. 273
Afterword
Looking Forwardsp. 279
Different perspectives on the third sectorp. 280
Looking at the future of the third sectorp. 286
Indexp. 298
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