Locating Social Entrepreneurship in the Neoliberal Order: A Public Policy Perspective
ISBN: 978-1-80382-102-3, eISBN: 978-1-80382-101-6
Publication date: 9 June 2022
Abstract
Across the world, the concept of social entrepreneurship is taking off. It is globally called as unconventional economic institutions in the era of neoliberalism. But, as everyone celebrates the advent of social entrepreneurship, there's an important question that must be answered: why the sudden spotlight upon it? Over the last two decades, there has been growing focus on social entrepreneurship. Social entrepreneurship is an attempt to re-embed social and ethical dimensions within the neoliberal paradigm. As a neoliberal actor par excellence, the social entrepreneur is reoriented to confidently mediate in society, to do good for those at the bottom of pyramid. The term ‘entrepreneurship’, in the capitalist model, signifies the capacity for wealth creation, the ability to maximize profit for the self and, for shareholders, an extremely competitive market. However, the prefix ‘social’ indicates responsibility towards the collective, and values of solidarity and cooperation. Social entrepreneurs invariably carry the weight of the economic and political predicaments of the modern world; they are the descendants of neoliberal entrepreneurship, yet at the same time they confront some of its foundational pillars. In this chapter, the authors attempt to understand how a social entrepreneur mobilizes a series of values that articulate an alternate imagining of the neoliberal global order.
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Acknowledgments
This conceptual and case study illustration chapter forms part of a UK India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) funded research project. The authors wish to thank our proofreader, Dr Stefanie El Madawi, and the anonymous referees for their productive feedback on an initial version of this chapter.
Citation
Oberoi, R., Bara, D., Bara, E., Halsall, J.P. and Snowden, M. (2022), "Locating Social Entrepreneurship in the Neoliberal Order: A Public Policy Perspective", Crowther, D. and Quoquab, F. (Ed.) Social Entrepreneurs (Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility, Vol. 18), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 77-92. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2043-052320220000018005
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