Alex Nicholls (ed.)

Social Entrepreneurship

New Models of Sustainable Social Change
Ed. by Alex Nicholls

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

'Social Entrepreneurship' is a term that has come to be applied to the activities of grass-roots activists, NGOs, policy makers, international institutions, and corporations, amongst others, which address a range of social issues in innovative and creative ways.
Themed around the emerging agendas for developing new, sustainable models of social sector excellence and systemic impact, Social Entrepreneurship offers, for the first time, a wide-ranging, internationally-focused selection of cutting-edge work from leading academics, policy makers, and practitioners. Together they seek to clarify some of the ambiguity around this term, describe a range of social entrepreneurship projects, and establish a clear set of frameworks with which to
understand it.
Included in the volume are contributions from Muhammad Yunus, the father of microfinance, Geoff Mulgan, former head of the British prime minister's policy unit, and Bill Drayton, founder of the Ashoka network of social entrepreneurs. Jeff Skoll, founder of the Skoll Foundation, and first president of eBay, provides a preface.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 476
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 166mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 860g
• ISBN-13: 9780199283873
• ISBN-10: 0199283877
• Artikelnr.: 20928714

Autorenporträt

Dr Alex Nicholls MBA originally trained in medieval hagiography and lexicography, but has more recently converted a lifelong passion for social justice and societal innovation into an academic focus on social entrepreneurship. As a writer, researcher, and consultant, he has been actively involved with social entrepreneurs for more than ten years. Nicholls has published a major research book on Fair Trade as well as a range of academic journal articles on the relationship between business, society, and social innovation. He is a regular speaker at international conferences and policy workshops. Having previously held posts at four other universities, Nicholls is currently the University Lecturer in Social Entrepreneurship at the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, University of Oxford, where he leads the development of a several research projects and teaches a range of social entrepreneurship courses.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* Introduction
* Part I: New Perspectives
* 1: Muhammad Yunus: Social Business Entrepreneurs are the Solution
* 2: William Drayton: The Citizen Sector Transformed
* 3: Rowena Young: For What It's Worth: Social Value and the Future of
Social Entrepreneurship
* 4: Geoff Mulgan: Cultivating the Other Invisible Hand of Social
Entrepreneurship: Comparative Advantage, Public Policy, and Future
Research Priorities
* Part II: New Theories
* 5: Alex Nicholls and Albert Cho: Social Entrepreneurship: The
Structuration of a Field
* 6: Paola Grenier: Social Entrepreneurship: Agency in a Globalising
World
* 7: Beth Battle Anderson and J. Gregory Dees: Rhetoric, Reality, and
Research: Building a Solid Foundation for the Practice of Social
Entrepreneurship
* 8: James E. Austin, Herman B. Leonard, Ezequiel Reficco, and Jane
Wei-Skillern: Social Entrepreneurship: It's For Corporations, Too
* 9: Doug Foster: Social Entrepreneurship: Exploring a Cultural Mode
Amidst Others in the Church of England
* Part III: New Models
* 10: Sutia Kim Alter: Social Enterprise Models and Their Mission and
Money Relationships
* 11: Charles Leadbeater: The Socially Entrepreneurial City
* 12: Alex Jacobs: Helping People is Difficult: Growth and Performance
in Social Enterprises Working for International Relief and
Development
* 13: Gordon M. Bloom: The Social Entrepreneurship Collaboratory (SE
Lab): A University Incubator for a Rising Generation of Social
Entrepreneurs
* Part IV: New Directions
* 14: Sally Osberg: Wayfinding without a Compass: Philanthropy's
Changing Landscape and its Implications for Social Entrepreneurs
* 15: Pamela Hartigan: Delivering on the Promise of Social
Entrepreneurship: Challenges Faced in Launching a Global Social
Capital Market
* 16: Jerr Boschee: Social Entrepreneurship: The Promise and the Perils
* 17: Jed Emerson: Moving Ahead Together: Implications of a Blended
Value Framework for the Future of Social Entrepreneurship
* Endnote

Rezensionen

'Social enterprise is an exciting movement which challenges both private and public sectors. To succeed in realising its potential it needs to be supported by evidence, analysis, and academic insight. The Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship provides a hub for this thinking and Dr Alex Nicholls' latest book is a strong contribution to the field.' Ed Miliband MP, Minister for the Third Sector