A political ideology lens on social entrepreneurship motivations

ABSTRACT

The traditional literature regarding social entrepreneurship does not question the political dimension. On the contrary, it tends to de-politicize societal issues. A growing number of researchers underline how this perspective cannot address the complexity and the dialogical nature of social entrepreneurship. However, while there may be a case for incorporating a political perspective, there is currently no conceptual framework to systematically inform an empirical exploration of the role played by the political vision of entrepreneurs. In this paper, we use the concept of political ideology to offer a solid framework to show how politics can shape social entrepreneurs’ motivations. More precisely we identify three political profiles – anti-statist, reformist and neoliberal – which shape the motives to engage in social entrepreneurship. We take an embedded case study approach of 17 social entrepreneurs involved in a social innovation boot camp and reveal the existence of both, left and right-wing approaches in social entrepreneurship.     

Lobbying as a potent political marketing tool for firm performance: A closer look

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农民工城乡迁移个人机会成本的构成及定量分析

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对科学发展观指导下的高校思想政治教育工作的探讨

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Land Reform: Taking a Long(er) View

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网络文化给高校思想政治教育带来的挑战

阐述网络文化给高校思想政治工作带来的挑战和影响,分析产生这种挑战和影响的原因,籍此给高校思想政治教育工作以警示和借鉴。     

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正确处理马克思主义政治经济学与西方经济学的关系,巩固马克思主义在意识形态领域的指导地位

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