Social Enterprise: Is It Possible to Decolonise This Concept?

Santos, Luciane Lucas dos; Banerjee, Swati

doi:10.4324/9780429291197-1

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“…But even these examples usually only give voice to those directly impacted, raising questions as to what happens to broader stakeholder groups not directly served. Furthermore, as dos Santos and Banerjee (2019, p. 3) identify:…”

Section: Three Routes To Embeddedness: Provision Of Public Services Collective Decision-making and Public Deliberationmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Through such a lens, social enterprise is conceived of as an alternative to the mainstream capitalist enterprise, with deliberately counterhegemonic, emancipatory potential (dos Santos and Banerjee, 2019; Peredo and McLean, 2010). The defining principles of social economy organisations identified by Defourny and Develtere serve as a reminder that it would be far too simplistic to reduce social enterprise to “simply” an instrument of neoliberalism; doing so forecloses its radical aims, failing to recognise that many social enterprises, particularly in (but not restricted to) the global south, exist as a solidarity-based response to neoliberal colonisation.…”

Section: Problem With “Contemporary” Social Enterprisementioning

confidence: 99%

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Re-embedding embeddedness: what is the role of social enterprise in promoting democracy and protecting social rights?

Roy

Dey

Teasdale

2021

SEJ

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Purpose In today’s “market society” almost every aspect of the everyday lives is shaped by market forces. In this essay, the purpose of this paper is to focus on the potential role of social enterprise as one means of re-embedding the economy into society to ensure the economy works for people, rather than the other way around. Design/methodology/approach This is primarily a conceptual paper: a provocation. Findings The authors argue that to work as an embedding force, social enterprise needs to ensure both reciprocity and market exchange while acting in a way that attempts to compensate for the retreat of the state through providing public services and promoting collective decision-making and public deliberation. Originality/value Drawing upon the work of Karl Polanyi to conceptualise social enterprise as an “alternative” economic actor within a plural economic system, the authors contribute to on-going debates about social enterprise as an alternative way of organising markets and society. The authors highlight the challenges involved in achieving such a vision and suggest ways these might be overcome.

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Section: Three Routes To Embeddedness: Provision Of Public Services Collective Decision-making and Public Deliberationmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Problem With “Contemporary” Social Enterprisementioning

confidence: 99%

Re-embedding embeddedness: what is the role of social enterprise in promoting democracy and protecting social rights?

Roy

Dey

Teasdale

2021

SEJ

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“…Whilst solutions to complex social problems should be mainly rooted in local communities, there has been a trend in social enterprise to emphasize the role of ‘heroic’ individuals (often external to communities), to bring in fast‐paced technical solutions that are transposed from other settings (Santos & Bannerjee, 2019). This is a problematic approach often promoted by international NGOs (e.g., Ashoka or the British Council) that ignores the extant literature highlighting the critical role of collective dynamics in social enterprise development (Defourny & Nyssens, 2021).…”

Section: Social Enterprise As a Global Constructmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘We need the activists to be more entrepreneurial’: Global versus local modes of thought on the development of social enterprise support systems in transitioning economies

Maher,

Hazenberg,

Paterson‐Young

2024

Global Networks

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As the processes of market liberalization and globalization increase the confidence of international actors involved in national third sectors, there exists a cosmopolitan tension between ‘mobile elites’ and ‘locked in’ nationals. This paper explores the impact of these tensions on the social enterprise ecosystem in the Republic of Poland and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Focused on the internationalized mechanisms of support, the relationship between the social enterprise incubators and international stakeholders, and power distance inherent to the global versus local debate, the findings suggest that normative isomorphic pressures are causing a fundamental ecosystem shift. The monopolization of support and terms of reference have led to entrepreneurs detrimentally being treated as ‘organizational heroes’ risking burnout, the primacy of international voices within the local context, and the transference of nationals from being ‘locked in’ to national processes to being ‘locked out’ of national support. The research suggests the cosmopolitan‐led transformation of activists into entrepreneurs needs to be more carefully considered, to ensure that enforced alignment to international system does not alienate them from other sources and means of sustainability.

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“…For example, as expressions of collectivism and solidarity through alternative forms of economic organising in areas recovering from war, and/or having suffered from colonial oppression (e.g. in Latin America) (Calvo and Morales, 2017;Peredo and McLean, 2010;dos Santos and Banerjee, 2019).…”

Section: Applying Social Enterprise For Impactmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Enterprise, Health, and Wellbeing

Roy¹,

Farmer

Mandiberg³

2021

Social Enterprise, Health, and Wellbeing

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Organisations combining commercial and social missions have been with us for centuries, but in recent decades we have seen governments explicitly promoting 'social enterprise', often on the basis that they are recognised as a key welfare policy instrument for transitioning individuals and communities out of disadvantage. The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive overview of research focused on the links between social enterprise, health and wellbeing and to stimulate interest in generating the next wave of research in this field. In this chapter, we introduce and discuss the concept of social enterprise and its emergence; summarise evidence about social enterprise, health and wellbeing; highlight why this is a significant topic with important avenues for further exploration; and introduce and discuss some of the most significant themes that recur throughout the book.Authors' pre-publication version.

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Social Enterprise: Is It Possible to Decolonise This Concept?

Cited by 8 publications

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Re-embedding embeddedness: what is the role of social enterprise in promoting democracy and protecting social rights?

Re-embedding embeddedness: what is the role of social enterprise in promoting democracy and protecting social rights?

‘We need the activists to be more entrepreneurial’: Global versus local modes of thought on the development of social enterprise support systems in transitioning economies

Social Enterprise, Health, and Wellbeing

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