Enterprise, deprivation and social exclusion : the role of small business in addressing social and economic inequalities / / edited by Alan Southern

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461646103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-280-66207-7; 9786613639004; 1-136-73151-2; 0-203-81777-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (322 p.)
• Collana: Routledge studies in entrepreneurship ; ; 2
• Altri autori (Persone): SouthernAlan <1959->
• Disciplina: 658.4/08
• Soggetti: Small business - Social aspects; Entrepreneurship - Social aspects; Discrimination - Economic aspects; Social integration; Marginality, Social; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Enterprise, Deprivation and Social Exclusion; Copyright; Contents; 1. Introduction: Enterprise and Deprivation; 2. Enterprise: A Route out of Disadvantage and Deprivation?; 3. Blind Faith: Entrepreneurship and the Revitalization of Inner-City Minority Communities; 4. Ethnic Entrepreneurs and Urban Regeneration; 5. Race, Space and the Dynamics of Self-Employment; 6. All Underserved Markets Are Not Created Equal: Why the Private Sector Alone Will Not Address the Capital Needs of Distressed US Communities; 7. Access to Finance in Deprived Areas: Has the Government Lost Interest?; 8. Working Life in Rural Micro-Enterprises: Old Forms of Organisation in the New Economy9. Entrepreneurship, Social Exclusion and Worklessness; 10. The Hidden Enterprise Culture; 11. Locating Enterprise and Placing Wealth: Entrepreneurship and Place-Based Enterprises in Depleted Communities; 12. Discursive Chasms: An ; Examination of the Language and Promotion of Social Enterprise; 13. Can the Market Deliver the Goods? A Critical Review of the Social Enterprise Agenda; 14. Micro-Enterprise and Cooperative Development in Economically Marginalized Communities in the US; 15. Alternative Forms of Enterprise16. Conclusion: The Role of Enterprise in Addressing Social and Economic Inequalities; List of Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: There is little doubt that in recent years, enterprise has been considered an essential approach in the alleviation of deprivation existing in the developed world. The assumption is that area-based initiatives provide a means by which enterprise can include all members of society in mainstream social and economic activities. The rationale behind Enterprise, Deprivation and Social Exclusion is to critically challenge the notion that enterprise can address the complexity behind deprivation and social exclusion by demonstrating UK and North American examples. We see how enterpr