Placing the Social Economy

Amin, Ash; Cameron, Angus; Hudson, Raymond

doi:10.4324/9780203166123

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“…The sector is in its infancy in the UK, and despite the rhetoric and extraordinary levels of expectation surrounding its capacity to deliver economic regeneration and build 'sustainable communities', the reality is that only a relatively small proportion of communitybased organisations have managed to make the transition from philanthropy and government subsidy to financial independence through marketbased activity (Amin et al, 2002). Is it realistic to expect community enterprises to generate surpluses where there has been market failure, and/or to compete against mainstream businesses while at the same time achieving a range of social outcomes?…”

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confidence: 98%

Beyond Philanthropy: Community Enterprise as a Basis for Corporate Citizenship

2005

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In this article we argue that the emergence of a new form of organization -community enterpriseprovides an alternative mechanism for corporations to behave in socially responsible ways. Community enterprises are distinguished from other third sector organisations by their generation of income through trading, rather than philanthropy and/or government subsidy, to finance their social goals. They also include democratic governance structures which allow members of the community or constituency they serve to participate in the management of the organisation. Partnerships between corporations and community enterprises therefore raise the possibility of corporations moving beyond philanthropic donations toward a more sustainable form of intervention involving long-term commitments to communities. At the same time they change substantively the nature of any collaboration by allowing relationships to proceed on the basis of mutual advantage, thereby broadening their appeal and scope. In doing so, partnerships build capacity and enfranchise communities in a way that avoids the paternalism that has traditionally characterised relationships between corporations and voluntary sector organisations. Power relations are transformed because partners are seen as sources of valuable assets, knowledge and expertise, rather than recipients of patronage or charity.

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confidence: 98%

Beyond Philanthropy: Community Enterprise as a Basis for Corporate Citizenship

2005

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“…Indeed, for many decades, the dominant view was that off-the-books entrepreneurs were necessity-driven, pursuing such entrepreneurial endeavour as a survival strategy to 'get by'. This was particularly advocated by a structuralist school of thought that read the persistence and growth of off-the-books work to result from the advent of a de-regulated open world economy, and consequently portrayed those participating as doing so out of necessity and as a last resort due to no other options being open to them (Amin et al 2002;Castells and Portes 1989;Davis 2006;Gallin 2001;Hudson 2005;Portes 1994;Sassen 1997). If off-the-books entrepreneurship was growing, in consequence, it was because employers were using sub-contracting arrangements that rely on informal selfemployed labour further down the supply chain (e.g., Bender 2004;Espenshade 2004;Hapke 2004;Ross 2004).…”

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confidence: 97%

Explaining participation in off-the-books entrepreneurship in Ukraine: a gendered evaluation

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2009

Int Entrep Manag J

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Despite the growing recognition that many entrepreneurs conduct some or all of their trade off-the-books, few have evaluated whether there are variations in the rationales of men and women engaging in this shadow enterprise culture. Reporting face-to-face interviews with 331 entrepreneurs in Ukraine during 2005-06, of whom 90 per cent operated partially or wholly off-the-books, the finding is that women are largely 'reluctant' entrepreneurs and men more commonly chiefly 'willing' entrepreneurs, although both motives are normally co-present to differing degrees in entrepreneurs' explanations and their relative importance changes over time. The paper concludes by discussing the implications for both further research and public policy.

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“…Not all nonprofit organizations (NPOs) are considered charities in the UK, though broader concepts such as ''third sector,'' ''civil society,'' ''voluntary and community sector,'' ''volunteering,'' and ''social economy'' are sometimes used for policy purposes, but have no legal basis and no clear definitions (UK Office of the Third Sector 2006). The term ''social economy'' was not widely recognized in the UK until the 1990s (Amin et al 2002) and is not widely used. In recent years, a robust ''social enterprise'' sub-sector has emerged, consisting of entities that use market-type activities to serve social purposes, but these take a variety of legal forms.…”

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confidence: 99%