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Author:   Rafeal Ziegler
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780857933720

ISBN 10:   0857933728
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   31 May 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: 1. Introduction: Voices, Preconditions, Contexts Rafael Ziegler PART I: VOICES 2. Return the Lost Water Back to the Continents Michal Kravcik 3. Taking Responsibility: Breaking Away from Hate and Violence Judy Korn 4. Not About the Number of Seats in Parliament: Education for Democracy and its Places Krzysztof Stanowski 5. We Call it Work Philipp Albers and Holm Friebe PART II: PRECONDITIONS 6. Schumpeter’s Full Model of Entrepreneurship: Economic, Non-Economic and Social Entrepreneurship Richard Swedberg 7. The Culture of Management: Self-Interest, Empathy and Emotional Control Eva Illouz 8. Forgotten Antecedents: Entrepreneurship, Ideology and History Rob Boddice PART III: CONTEXTS 9. New Heroes, Old Theories? Toward a Sociological Perspective on Social Entrepreneurship Ion Bogdan Vasi 10. Social Entrepreneurship in the UK: From Rhetoric to Reality? Paola Grenier 11. Entrepreneurship, Sociality and Art: Re-imagining the Public Daniel Hjorth 12. Hope for Sustainable Development: How Social Entrepreneurs Make it Happen Christian Seelos and Johanna Mair Index

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'... the book is a welcome and timely contribution to improving the understanding of social entrepreneurship and the work of social entrepreneurs. The text provides an excellent critical analysis of the dominant economic discourse surrounding social entrepreneurship.' - Bob Doherty, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research

'. . . this anthology contains much of what social workers and social pedagogues need to know about the rich perspectives of social entrepreneurship.' -- Niels Rosendal Jensen, European Journal of Social Work '. . . the book is a welcome and timely contribution to improving the understanding of social entrepreneurship and the work of social entrepreneurs. The text provides an excellent critical analysis of the dominant economic discourse surrounding social entrepreneurship.' -- Bob Doherty, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research

'... this anthology contains much of what social workers and social pedagogues need to know about the rich perspectives of social entrepreneurship.' -- Niels Rosendal Jensen, European Journal of Social Work '... the book is a welcome and timely contribution to improving the understanding of social entrepreneurship and the work of social entrepreneurs. The text provides an excellent critical analysis of the dominant economic discourse surrounding social entrepreneurship.' -- Bob Doherty, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research

`. . . this anthology contains much of what social workers and social pedagogues need to know about the rich perspectives of social entrepreneurship.' -- Niels Rosendal Jensen, European Journal of Social Work `. . . the book is a welcome and timely contribution to improving the understanding of social entrepreneurship and the work of social entrepreneurs. The text provides an excellent critical analysis of the dominant economic discourse surrounding social entrepreneurship.' -- Bob Doherty, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research

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Edited by Rafael Ziegler, Professor, Department of Management, HEC Montreal and Director, Institut International des Coopératives Dorismène et Alphonse Desjardins, Montreal, Canada

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