Social Purpose Enterprises

Case Studies for Social Change
Herausgeber: Quarter, Jack; Chan, Andrea; Ryan, Sherida

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Produktbeschreibung

Social Purpose Enterprises: Case Studies for Social Change presents case studies of twelve organizations that operate in a growing niche within the Canadian social economy: market-based entities supported by a nonprofit organization and operated for the benefit of a workforce who lives on the margins of society. Using a variety of research methods, the contributors examine the work of social purpose enterprises in a range of businesses including food services, child care, furniture, courier services, and microfinance. Combining the experience of academics and practitioners, each chapter analyses the economic, social, and policy implications of the case. Building on research published in Researching the Social Economy (2010) and Businesses with a Difference (2013), Social Purpose Enterprises provides a valuable resource for those involved in the growing push to encourage market-based solutions for those on the social margins.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 154mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9781442614048
• ISBN-10: 1442614048
• Artikelnr.: 40906875

Autorenporträt

Edited by Jack Quarter, Sherida Ryan, and Andrea Chan

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Social Purpose Enterprises: A Conceptual Framework
JACK QUARTER, SHERIDA RYAN, ANDREA CHAN
Section A: Marginalized by Stigma
2. Common Ground Co-operative: Supporting Employment Options
FRANCES OWEN, ANNE READHEAD, COURTNEY BISHOP, JENNIFER HOPE, JEANNETTE
CAMPBELL
3. When the Business is People: The Impact of A-Way Express Courier
KUNLE AKINGBOLA
4. Miziwe Biik Case Study: Microloans in the Urban Aboriginal Community
MARY FOSTER, IDA BERGER, KENN ROSS, KRISTINE NEGLIA
5. Groupe Convex: Measuring its Impact
USHNISH SENGUPTA, CAROLINE ARCAND, ANN ARMSTRONG
Section B: Women on the Social Margins
6. Inspirations Studio at Sistering: A Systems Analysis
AGNES MEINHARD, ANNIE LOK, PAULINE O’CONNOR
7. Micro-Entrepreneurs in Economic Turbulence: The Alterna Savings
Micro-Finance Program
EDWARD T. JACKSON, SUSAN HENRY, CHINYERE AMADI
8. Canadian Immigrants and their Access to Services: A Case Study of a
Social Purpose Enterprise
MARLENE WALK, ITAY GREENSPAN, HONEY CROSSLEY, FEMIDA HANDY
9. Wellbeing of Childcare Workers at the Learning Enrichment Foundation, a
Toronto Community Economic Development Organization
ANDREA CHAN, ROBYN HOOGENDAM, PETER FRAMPTON, ANDREW HOLETON, EMILY POHL
WEARY, SHERIDA RYAN, JACK QUARTER
Section C: Urban Poor and Immigrants
10. Doing Markets Differently: FoodShare Toronto’s Good Food Markets
MICHAEL CLASSENS, J.J. MCMURTRY, JENNIFER SUMNER
11. Stakeholders’ Stories of Impact: The Case of Furniture Bank
ANDREA CHAN, LAURIE MOOK, SUSANNA KISLENKO
12. Northwood Translation Bureau
JENNIFER HANN, DANIEL SCHUGURENSKY
Section D: Youth
13. Market-based Solutions for At-Risk Youth: River Restaurant
RAYMOND DART
14. Social Purpose Enterprises: A Modified Social Welfare Framework
JACK QUARTER, SHERIDA RYAN, ANDREA CHAN
Contributors