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The Praxis of Social Enterprise and Human Security: an Applied Research Agenda
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Abstract The growth of social enterprise within development NGO work might lead one to suspect it has been irredeemably corrupted by neo-liberal capitalism. However, using the tools of capitalism is not the same as subscribing to the values of capitalism. This paper is situated at the intersection of five fi... mehr
The growth of social enterprise within development NGO work might lead one to suspect it has been irredeemably corrupted by neo-liberal capitalism. However, using the tools of capitalism is not the same as subscribing to the values of capitalism. This paper is situated at the intersection of five fields: human security, international development, social enterprise, social franchising, and left-wing anti-capitalist thought. It examines the relevance of social enterprise to human security and to development, the relationship between social enterprise and the anti-capitalist values of the left, and it then focuses on social franchising - a subset of social enterprise that highlights the importance of cooperation - suggesting that it may be a useful methodology for NGOs carrying out educational work in parts of the developing world. It synthesises and extends ideas that I have presented elsewhere [1-3], it draws on ethnographic fieldwork on the Thai-Burma border, and it puts forward an agenda for further applied research that is rooted in a sociological analysis of civil society and contributes to the human security paradigm.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Antikapitalismus; menschliche Sicherheit; Praxis; Unternehmen; Franchising; nichtstaatliche Organisation; soziale Verantwortung; Entwicklungshilfe; Thailand; Myanmar
Klassifikation
Wirtschaftssoziologie
Entwicklungsländersoziologie, Entwicklungssoziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
international development; left-wing thought; social enterprise; social franchising
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2014
Seitenangabe
S. 4-11
Zeitschriftentitel
Journal of Human Security, 10 (2014) 1
ISSN
1835-3800
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)