Social economy and social enterprise: an emerging alternative to mainstream market economy?

Hulgård, Lars

doi:10.1080/17525098.2011.619643

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“…external to the state apparatus), WISEs appeared (and still do so) as a good instrument to bear the burden of flexibility and efficiency asked by the New Public Management for the delivery of some welfare services (see e.g. Defourny & Nyssens, 2010;Hulgård, 2011;Nicholls, 2010;Nyssens, 2006;Pestoff, 2008).…”

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Understanding social impact assessment through public value theory

Dufour¹,

Petrella²,

Richez-Battesti³

2020

CIRIEC Working Papers

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Our research focuses on understanding the use that work integration social enterprises (WISEs) make of performance measurement models such as social impact assessment in their relations with public stakeholders. We carry out a comparative study between France and Denmark which are the two OECD members showing the highest level of social spending. Using public value theory as the pivot point of our analytical framework, we identify seven strategic intents that contribute to explain the use of performance measurement by WISEs. The use of Public Value theory shines a light on the unique set of problems that WISEs face when dealing with their public stakeholder, which is absent from the performance models that are promoted by current policy initiatives or by impact investors.

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Section: Context Of the Researchmentioning

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Understanding social impact assessment through public value theory

Dufour¹,

Petrella²,

Richez-Battesti³

2020

CIRIEC Working Papers

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“…This definition consists of three sets of criteria, which together form an ideal type or a working hypothesis. Together the three sets comprise nine criteria (see Table 1) which encompass the economic, the social and the governance dimensions of SE (Borzaga and Defourny, 2001;Nyssens, 2006 ;Hulgård, 2011). This EMES definition has had significant impact both on other researchers focusing on the third sector, social economy and social entrepreneurship (see for example, Kerlin, 2009) and the development of legal frameworks and policies.…”

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“…This definition consists of three sets of criteria, which together form an ideal type or a working hypothesis. Together, the three sets comprise nine criteria (see EMES definition of an SE) which encompass the economic, social and governance dimensions of an SE (Borzaga and Defourny, 2001;Nyssens, 2006;Hulgård, 2011).…”

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Action research and participatory democracy in social enterprise

Gleerup

Hulgård

Teasdale

2019

SEJ

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce the reader to the Nordic tradition of Critical Utopian Action Research (CUAR) and to demonstrate how CUAR might reinvigorate participatory democracy as an intrinsic characteristic of social enterprise. This leads us to sketch out the beginnings of how researchers might work with communities to help realise their democratic impulses through social enterprise. Design/methodology/approach This paper aims to synthesise the participatory action research literature, particularly CUAR, with literature on social enterprise and democracy to demonstrate how the two approaches might fruitfully be combined. Findings The authors show how CUAR might be utilised by researchers, to articulate new social enterprise organisational responses to local problems or to reinvigorate democracy within existing social enterprises. Originality/value This exploratory paper marks (we believe) the first attempt to bring together social enterprise and CUAR.

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“…While policymakers across Europe have emphasised the importance of SSE (Liger et al 2016), existing research and reports show how regulatory environments and policy practices that support the SSE differ significantly (e.g. Laville 2010;Mair 2010;Hulgård 2011;Defourny et al 2014;Defourny and Nyssens 2016). This is reflected in the three countries of study: Denmark, Hungary and Scotland (see further the section on empirical material and analytical framework).…”

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The Reciprocity Dimension of Solidarity: Insights from Three European Countries

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The article argues that closer attention to how solidarity is understood and expressed in different European contexts can shed light on the conditions for establishing a social and solidarity economy. Drawing on data collected within the H2020 SOLIDUS project, which explores current expressions of European solidarity, the comparative analysis covers three social economy initiatives, each representing a country with different political and economic context. The analysis focuses on solidarity as reciprocity and, in particular, how it is affected by such factors as actor motivations, internal participatory functioning, resource mix and political legitimacy. While further empirical work is needed, the findings suggest that solidarity as reciprocity produced by social and solidarity economy organisations thrives where political institutions are both supportive and trusted, where public funding is accessible, and where partnerships with relatively autonomous social and solidarity economy organisations are genuinely collaborative.

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Social economy and social enterprise: an emerging alternative to mainstream market economy?

Cited by 37 publications

References 23 publications

Understanding social impact assessment through public value theory

Understanding social impact assessment through public value theory

Action research and participatory democracy in social enterprise

The Reciprocity Dimension of Solidarity: Insights from Three European Countries

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