An introduction to social entrepreneurship voices, preconditions, contexts
This timely book sets social entrepreneurship in a historical context, from its philanthropic beginnings in the Victorian era to the present day, against the backdrop of contemporary global capitalism
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham, U.K
Edward Elgar
c2009
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This timely book sets social entrepreneurship in a historical context, from its philanthropic beginnings in the Victorian era to the present day, against the backdrop of contemporary global capitalism Return the lost water back to the continents / Michal Kravcik -- Taking responsibility : breaking away from hate and violence / Judy Korn -- Not about the number of seats in parliament : education for democracy and its places / Krzysztof Stanowski -- We call it work / Philipp Albers, Holm Friebe -- Schumpeter's full model of entrepreneurship : economic, non-economic and social entrepreneurship / Richard Swedberg -- The culture of management : self-interest, empathy and emotional control / Eva Illouz -- Forgotten antecedents : entrepreneurship, ideology and history / Rob Boddice -- New heroes, old theories? : toward a sociological perspective on social entrepreneurship / Ian Bogdan Vasi -- Social entrepreneurship in the UK : from rhetoric to reality? / Paola Grenier -- Entrepreneurship, sociality and art : re-imagining the public / Daniel Hjorth -- Hope for sustainable development : how social entrepreneurs make it happen / Christian Seelas, Johanna Mair |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 252 p ill |
| ISBN: | 9781848443068 9781848446229 9780857933720 1848443064 |