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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808640603321

Autore

Anderson Steven G.

Titolo

New strategies for social innovation : market-based approaches for assisting the poor / / Steven G. Anderson ; cover design, Michelle Taormina

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Chichester, England : , : Columbia University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-231-53738-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (343 p.)

Disciplina

658.4/08

Soggetti

Social entrepreneurship

Social responsibility of business

Sustainable development

Social change

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

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction to Market-Oriented Social Development Approaches -- 2. Developing Social Change Models -- 3. Corporate Social Responsibility -- 4. Social Entrepreneurship -- 5. Private Sustainable Development -- 6. Fair Trade -- 7. Market-Based Social Change Models -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Market-based development strategies designed to help the world's poor receive significant support from advocates, academics, governments, and the media, yet frequently the perceived success of these programs rests on carefully selected examples and one-sided, enthusiastic accounts. In practice, these approaches are often poorly defined and executed, with little balanced, comparative analysis of their true strengths and weaknesses. This book is the first to assess emerging market-based social change approaches comparatively, focusing specifically on social entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility, fair trade, and private sustainable development. Steven G. Anderson begins by identifying the problems these programs address and then describes their core, shared principles. He follows



with a general framework for defining and evaluating these and other development approaches. Separate chapters provide background on the historical development and application of each approach, as well as interpretations of the processes for implementation and the underlying behavioral assumptions related to successful outcomes. A final chapter compares each approach across a set of important program development dimensions and analyzes the utility of market-based approaches as part of a general consideration of social development strategies for the developing world.