Social Enterprise: Implications of Emerging Institutionalized Constructions

Levander, Ulrika

doi:10.1080/19420676.2010.511815

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“…Such strong views of discourse stress that social enterprise exerts its influence through either the normalizing force of a financial or legal disciplinary mechanism (Levander, 2010;Mason, 2012) or, more subtly, the moral legitimacy ascribed to businesslike activities and mentalities (Dart, 2004). However, there are good reasons for revisiting these assumptions.…”

Section: Social Enterprise As Discoursementioning

confidence: 99%

Social Enterprise and Dis/identification

Dey

Teasdale

2013

Administrative Theory & Praxis

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Social enterprise has been criticized for discursively transforming third sector organizations and practitioners into economic agents. Such a critique too readily construes the discourse of social enterprise as a deterministic force that encroaches on all aspects of organizational and individual identity. We reintroduce a sense of agency to discursive conceptualizations through an empirical study focusing on whether and how social enterprise infiltrates the third sector at the level of the subject. Drawing from a qualitative study in England, we use Pêcheux's three-part model of dis/identification as an explanatory schema to conceptualize the ways third sector practitioners endorse or reject the inherent norms and principles of social enterprise. The discussion covers how processes of identification, counter-identification, and disidentification, respectively, perpetuate or transgress the discourse of social enterprise and highlights the implications for future research in this developing field.Although the meaning of "social enterprise" is contested, most definitions refer to market-based strategies aimed at achieving a social purpose (Kerlin, 2009). Social enterprise is usually, although not exclusively, associated with the nonprofit or third sector, where it has often been presented as a panacea that brings the efficiency of markets to bear upon social problems that neither the state nor traditional third sectors were able to solve (Sepulveda, 2009). The social enterprise research literature is dominated by functionalist and managerial perspectives that conceal a normative and prescriptive agenda hiding behind the illusion of social enterprise's being inevitable. Critical 248

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Section: Social Enterprise As Discoursementioning

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Social Enterprise and Dis/identification

Dey

Teasdale

2013

Administrative Theory & Praxis

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“…Although, more recently, some scholars have studied other applications of social entrepreneurship such as a tool for governance (Levander 2010), most studies in the area still revolve around its capacity to empower marginalised individuals and communities.…”

Section: Social Entrepreneurship In Indonesia 279mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Individuals such as Muhamad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank, and Jamie Oliver, owner of the Fifteen Restaurants, are considered to be social entrepreneurs because of their ability to apply entrepreneurial principles to improve literacy, create employment, alleviate poverty, et cetera, for the underprivileged. Because of its increasing contributions to the development of marginalised communities, social entrepreneurship has gained significance as an area of scholarly research since the early 2000s (Defourny and Nyssens 2008;Levander 2010). Much of the interest has been concerned with the underlying philosophies and theoretical underpinnings of social entrepreneurship, which serve as the foundation of conceptual frameworks needed for future empirical research.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Social Entrepreneurship in Indonesia: Lessons from the Past

Idris

Hati

2013

Journal of Social Entrepreneurship

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The study examined, through a balanced review of western and post-colonial literatures, the development of social entrepreneurship in Indonesia prior to its independence in 1945. Findings suggest that policies imposed by the Dutch government had a considerable influence on the growth of social movement organisations in the former colony. Furthermore, these organisations had used social entrepreneurship strategies to achieve the mission of empowering native communities and mobilising them towards independence. Other factors which contributed to the growth of social entrepreneurship in the era were the influence of Islam and Javanese aristocratic leadership. Taken in the context of Indonesia's post-colonial socio-economic environment, these findings suggest that its current social entrepreneurship growth is likely to depend on three main factors: perceived degree of economic empowerment by indigenous groups as a result of social entrepreneurship, Islamic identity of social enterprises and social activism.

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“…This implies that social entrepreneurs usually create mechanisms and tools that both reduce the stakeholders' dependencies on the organization, and increase the stakeholders' abilities to contribute to the solution and to their own welfare (Santos, 2012). Levander (2010) suggests a theoretical framework from neo-institutionalism to conceptualize the social enterprise as a method of empowering marginalized individuals or disadvantaged groups, such as women, while providing a long term solution to structural issues across society. An analysis of the different definitions of social enterprises highlights six distinctive elements, which can be classified into three levels: nature, implementation and impact.…”

Section: Social Enterprises and Empowerment Dynamicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Women empowerment through social innovation in indigenous social enterprises

Vázquez-Maguirre

Ruelas

Torre

2016

RAM, Rev. Adm. Mackenzie

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Purpose: To explore innovative enabler mechanisms for women's empowerment in a social enterprise and how they promote local development in a Zapotec indigenous community, the third largest ethnic group in Mexico. Originality/gap/relevance/implications: This paper contributes to the extension of social entrepreneurship literature from a gender perspective, exploring the mechanisms that allow women to succeed in highly marginalized indigenous communities. Key methodological aspects: This paper follows a case study methodology, inductive approach and qualitative methods mainly through 70 in-depth interviews. Summary of key results: Although the male-dominated culture slows down the democratic and political empowerment of women in the community, mechanisms such as job stability, low-interest microcredits and gender-equality policies in the organization have triggered economic empowerment.

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Social Enterprise: Implications of Emerging Institutionalized Constructions

Cited by 28 publications

References 9 publications

Social Enterprise and Dis/identification

Social Enterprise and Dis/identification

Social Entrepreneurship in Indonesia: Lessons from the Past

Women empowerment through social innovation in indigenous social enterprises

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