Social enterprise policy design: Constructing social enterprise in the <scp>UK</scp> and <scp>K</scp>orea

Park, Chisung; Wilding, Mark

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2397.2012.00900.x

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“…Institutions matter in the social construction and power of target populations. Comparing target populations between countries with different constitutional structures, two studies (Montpetit et al., ; Park & Wilding, ) find that alterations or differences in those structures are drivers of change, while a third (Horejes, ) found that different government institutions develop diverse social constructions of the same target population. Policies from other policy subsystems also influence the social construction or power of target populations (DiAlto, ; Hudson, ; Hudson & Gonyea, ; Jørgensen, ).…”

Section: Analysis Of Past Applicationsmentioning

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Social Construction and Policy Design: A Review of Past Applications

Pierce¹,

Siddiki²,

Jones³

et al. 2014

Policy Studies Journal

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One of the leading theories for understanding the policy process is the theory of social construction and policy design developed by Anne Schneider and Helen Ingram. The theory incorporates the social construction and power of target populations to understand the development and implications of policy design. In order to better understand its empirical breadth, depth, and general utility, our analysis reviews all past publications of the theory, focusing specifically on empirical applications (N = 111), from 1993 to 2013. Based on this review, we find: a recent increase in the number of applications of this theory; that these applications appear across a wide range of outlets, relate to numerous policy domains, and are conducted by a diverse group of domestic and international scholars; that the target population proposition has been applied with greater frequency than the theory's feed-forward proposition; and that scholars have a notable interest in understanding causal mechanisms leading to changes in the positioning of target populations among advantaged, contender, dependent, and deviant target population categories. Following a descriptive review of past publications, we offer specific suggestions for theoretical development and future research.KEY WORDS: public policy, policy process, meta-analysis, literature review, social construction, policy design, feedback IntroductionIn 1999, Paul Sabatier edited a volume entitled Theories of the Policy Process (Sabatier, 1999a). Within this now near canonical tome are emergent theories of the policy process from the previous 15 years deemed by Sabatier to sufficiently adhere to scientific standards at the time. Through this effort, he charted a path forward for future policy process scholarship. Explicitly omitted from the edited volume was the work of what Sabatier termed constructivists. At the time, constructivists were a minority of policy process scholars (e.g., Fischer & Forrester, 1993) that focused on the socially constructed nature of policy as well as reality, in which perceptions and intersubjective meaning-making processes were considered central to understanding and explaining the policy process. Among his criticisms, Sabatier described constructivist methods as "nonfalsifiable" and their ideas as "free-floating and unconnected to specific individuals, institutions, or socio-economic conditions" bs_bs_banner The Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 42, No. (Sabatier, 1999b, p. 11). Of course Sabatier was challenged for his decision to exclude this body of work, especially by European scholars (e.g., Parsons, 2000;Radaelli, 2000), but was unyielding in his position to exclude constructivist approaches in the edited volume.One of the most notable constructivist approaches included in Sabatier's "omitted frameworks" list was the theory of social construction and policy design that was first articulated by Schneider and Ingram in 1993 (Sabatier, 1999b, p. 11). However, by the second edition of Theories of the Policy Process, Sabatier (2007a) changed his mind. ...

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Section: Analysis Of Past Applicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Construction and Policy Design: A Review of Past Applications

Pierce¹,

Siddiki²,

Jones³

et al. 2014

Policy Studies Journal

160

152

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“…We selected these cases to illustrate the potential of social enterprise to act as institutional glue, as the UK and Korea are among a small number states that have enacted social enterprise legislation. Moreover, they also represent contrasting examples in that the context in which social enterprises and networks have developed differs; while the British state has undergone a shift in emphasis over the last generation from provider to purchaser, the Korean state still takes on a strong regulatory role, even though social spending has increased (Park & Wilding, 2013). In addition, the social enterprises that we use to illustrate our argument operate at different levels.…”

Section: Evidence From Korea and The Ukmentioning

confidence: 94%

An exploratory study on the potential of social enterprise to act as the institutional glue of network governance

Park

Wilding

2014

The Social Science Journal

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This study combines two topics of contemporary salience for public administration; social enterprise and governance networks. While operating at different levels, both are institutions which attempt to draw together the three pillars of state, market and civil society. Still, the respective literatures tend to focus on particular aspects of the three pillars. This study attempts both to connect the two concepts and aid understanding of the potentially central role for social enterprise in governance networks. In particular, this study suggests that, in some situations, social enterprise could be conceived of as the institutional glue of networks, due to its ability to offer benefits to organizations in each of the three sectors. However, this requires social enterprises to have the managerial capacity to diffuse social know-how and to build trust, as well as a supportive policy framework. The links are explicated at the conceptual level before providing evidence from South Korea and the UK. Finally, research propositions are offered, which suggest new avenues for future research.

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“…These models of practice have been further encouraged by an externally enforced framework of targets, inspection regimes, performance assessment and market style contracts which fail to recognize the diversity of service users, instead promoting the development of homogenous, limited provision and constrictive eligibility criteria (Dickens ). Added to this has been the steady growth of the involvement of the charity and private sector in the field of welfare provision which has had a mixed reception, with evidence of both improved practice and substantial failings (Campbell‐Barr ; Park and Wilding ). Furthermore, since the 1990s and the infamous White Paper, Caring for People (Department of Health ), there has been a dominant discourse that welfare services should provide choice for their consumers which adds a further layer of complexity with the assumption that all have the capacity to make choices as well as assuming that those in need of support are open to intervention and willing to engage (Clarke et al .…”

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Strategic Planning for Support Services for Children with a Parent or Close Relative in Prison

Leeson

Morgan

2013

Soc Policy Adm

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It has long been recognized that children with a parent or close relative in prison are more likely to experience educational difficulties, emotional distress, family breakdown and a substantial reduction in family income (Boswell 2002;Smith et al. 2007;Morgan et al. 2013b;Morgan and Gill 2013). Consequently, children with a parent in prison are more likely to require support from statutory services, especially education and social care. However, statutory support for this group of children is sparse, and children of prisoners tend not to be identified as a priority group. The demand on local authorities to spend their limited budgets wisely means tough decisions have to be made. These decisions are not taken in a vacuum: they are taken in a context of local need, consumer representation, central and local politics; underpinned by the values and attitudes of individual members as well as by the ethos or culture of the local authority itself. In this article we apply Axford's typology (2009) of the different cultures which underpin local authority service provision to data from a research study carried out in 2011 in one local authority which explored support provision in schools for children of prisoners. We examine the contradictions and gaps within the local authority's attempts to synergize the different modules of service delivery into a coherent pattern of provision, and we explore how changes in strategic culture might lead to improvements being made in terms of service delivery to this group of 'vulnerable' children.

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Social enterprise policy design: Constructing social enterprise in the UK and Korea

Cited by 37 publications

References 20 publications

Social Construction and Policy Design: A Review of Past Applications

Social Construction and Policy Design: A Review of Past Applications

An exploratory study on the potential of social enterprise to act as the institutional glue of network governance

Strategic Planning for Support Services for Children with a Parent or Close Relative in Prison

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