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Papers from the "2nd EMES-ISTR European Conference"

July 2008, Barcelona, Spain

The selection of papers of Group 1 is divided into four thematic lines:

Social economy and solidarity-based economy: Alternative approaches to the third sector
Thematic line chaired by Jean-Louis Laville and Jacques Defourny
Management and governance of the Third Sector: Theoretical and applied approaches
Thematic line chaired by Isabel Vidal and Adalbert Evers
The Welfare State, liberalization, neo-liberal policies, and the third sector
Thematic line chaired by Eva Les and Victor Pestoff
Social entrepreneurship and social enterprise
Thematic line chaired by Lars Hulgård and Marthe Nyssens

Conference papers

4. Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development

R. M. Fischer and G. Comini

The research currently conducted by CEATS is focused on expanding the knowledge that derives from theory and practice about the relations that might exist between Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Socio-environmental Development. This objective is justified by the importance of each of these themes for a country such as Brazil, which is chara

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4. Social Entrepreneur and Resource Mobilization: The Role of Social Capital

M. Sakurai

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of social capital on the social entrepreneurial process, dealing with the case of "Takurojo", or alternative elderly care facilities in Japan. Although a large number of studies have been made on effect of social capital on commercial entrepreneurship, little is known about its effect o

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4. Social Enterprise Discourses

U. Levander

The idea of the "social enterprise" is blending traditionally conflicting ideologies of the left and the right and mixing principles of the market, the voluntary sector and the public sphere. In this paper this concept and phenomenon is approached from a constructivist perspective. What kinds of discourses can be tracked in the idea, an

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4. The Social Construction of Social Enterprise

S. Grant and R. Dart

In this paper we address the issue of defining what a “social enterprise” is, by realigning our focus from "definition" to "identity". What is significant about an organisation considering itself a "social enterprise"?Emerging areas, such as social enterprise, are a particularly salient environment in which to con

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4. Social Engagement and Entrepreneurial Action - Soci(et)al Entrepreneurship and Different Forms of Social Enterprises in Current Swedish Debate

M. Gawell

The overall aim of this paper is therefor to contribute to the understanding of the emerging field of “social enterprises”. This will be done through mapping and analyzing the current Swedish debate. More specifically, the aim is to contribute to the understanding and recognition of entrepreneurial and enterprising social engagement without d

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4. The Impact of Social Enterprises and Co-operatives upon Socio-economic Development in Poland

G. Galera

This paper aims to explore the possible role of social enterprises as vehicles for socioeconomic development at both national and local level with special regard to the Polish case. Following a description of the social enterprise as a concept, attention is devoted to the impact of social enterprises upon local development in transitional countrie

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4. Not Living Up to Their Billing: A Population Survey of Social Purpose Businesses in Ontario, Canada

R. Dart, A. Armstrong and E. Clow

This paper reports results from the first population survey of social purpose businesses ("SPBs") ever undertaken. In Ontario, Canada, Based on a survey of 82 organizations which fit the operational definition of our research, we found a relatively small number of "typical" or definitional SPBs and a larger number of variant ty

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4. Creative Philanthropy: Development of Social Enterprise in Hong Kong

K.-T. Chan

This paper is based on a research study of the social enterprises in Hong Kong SAR Government, undertaken by the Centre for Third Sector Studies (CTSS), of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The major purpose is to understand the phenomena of social enterprise as an emerging entity in the Hong Kong context, especially the work-integrated models.

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4. The Rise of Work Integration and Social Enterprise in South Korea

E. Bidet

In its first part, this article looks into the recent trends observed on the South Korean labor market stressing out that behind good general data –especially a low unemployment rate-, this market presents serious failures that explain the need for work integration policies. With a high proportion of non-salaried jobs and a high proportion of non

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3. The co-operative provision of public services in an evolving welfare state

W. V. Opstal and C. Gijselinckx

Co-operatives are jointly owned and democratically controlled organizations, designed to meet the socio-economic needs of their members. Originated in the mid 19th century, cooperatives were set up to improve the living conditions of their members, contributing to the development of the welfare state in the countries they operated in. This paper f

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3. The Participation of the Third Sector in the Co-production and the Co-construction of Public Policy

Y. Vaillancourt

In this paper, we will be talking a great deal about the democratization of public policy in Canada. But we will be doing so in the concern to establish bridges to the theme of democratization of public policy in Latin America. While our deliberations on public policy certainly build on the expertise we have developed concerning historical trends

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3. Neo-Corporatism in flux: Taking stock of public private partnerships in German local governance arrangements

M. Freise

For the past years, the term public private partnership has gained momentum and is discussed as a magic word. In contrast to the usage of the term we do not know much about the possibilities of those partnerships in the rearrangement of state non-profit relations. Are they really efficient and effective tools for (local) governance? Or can they o

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3. The Third sector in Europe: Does it exhibit a converging movement?

E. Archambault

The European Union’s third sector shows five clusters of civil society organizations with complex bonds and ties with the surrounding societies and national identities. We will analyze in a first part these five clusters, Continental, Anglo-Saxon, Nordic, Mediterranean and Oriental, according to their political, social and economic background and

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3. ECO-WISEs: Work Integration Socio-economic ECO-Enterprises - their potentials and requirements in reaching social, ecological and economical goals - Results from a current research-project on ECO-WISEs in Austria

M. Anastasiadis and A. Mayr

The first ECO-WISEs (work integrating socio-economic eco-enterprises) appeared in Europe during the 1980s. Their development can be seen as a reaction on the demands of the labour market policy of that period and the nascent environmental movement. The goal of ECO-WISEs is to improve the inclusion of people with special needs into society, e. g.

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2. The Boundaries of Social Enterprise: When Can a Failing Business Succeed in Nonprofit Form?

D. R. Young, L. Faulk and N. Harvey

While the importance of the management function in non-profit organizations is now widely recognized, uncertainty remains about the distinctions between managing non-profits versus managing a for-profit business. In this paper, we argue that while the basic challenges of managing organizations are generic, the strategies that non-profit organizati

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2. Significance of "NPOs" in the market: Suggestions by Japanese NPOs toward sustainable society

S. Nakagawa

In Japan, recently, a "market" where NPOs (non-profit organizations) compete with FPOs (for-profit organizations) is emerging in a certain few service areas. Why do NPOs take the non-profit form in the market? Prior researches suggest that NPOs have advantages over FPOs because of tax deductible status, donations and getting easily trust

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