LEADER 04154nam 2200469 450 001 9910774795503321 005 20230126222056.0 010 $a0-429-61962-6 010 $a0-429-05514-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000011867885 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6528072 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6528072 035 $a(OCoLC)1244627543 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011867885 100 $a20211014d2021 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aSocial enterprise in western Europe $etheory, models and practice /$feditors, Jacques Defourny, Marthe Nyssens 210 1$aNew York, New York ;$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a368 s 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in social enterprise and social innovation 311 0 $a0-367-15118-9 327 $aIn the last two decades, the quest for a widely accepted definition of social enterprise has been a central issue in a great number of publications.The main objective of the ICSEM Project on which this book is based was to show that the social enterprise field would benefit much more from linking conceptualisation efforts to the huge diversity of social enterprises than from an additional and ambitious attempt at providing an encompassing definition. Starting from a hypothesis that could be termed "the impossibility of a unified definition", the ICSEM research strategy relied on bottom-up approaches to capture the social enterprise phenomenon in its local and national contexts. This strategy made it possible to take into account and give legitimacy to locally embedded approaches, while simultaneously allowing for the identification of major social enterprise models to delineate the field on common grounds at the international level.Social Enterprise in Western Europe ?the third volume in a series of four ICSEM-based books on social enterprise worldwide ? will serve as a key reference and resource for teachers, researchers, students, experts, policy makers, journalists and others who want to acquire a broad understanding of the social enterprise and social entrepreneurship phenomena as they emerge and develop in this region. 330 $a"In the last two decades, the quest for a widely accepted definition of social enterprise has been a central issue in a great number of publications. The main objective of the ICSEM Project on which this book is based was to show that the social enterprise field would benefit much more from linking conceptualisation efforts to the huge diversity of social enterprises than from an additional and ambitious attempt at providing an encompassing definition. Starting from a hypothesis that could be termed "the impossibility of a unified definition", the ICSEM research strategy relied on bottom-up approaches to capture the social enterprise phenomenon in its local and national contexts. This strategy made it possible to take into account and give legitimacy to locally embedded approaches, while simultaneously allowing for the identification of major social enterprise models to delineate the field on common grounds at the international level. Social Enterprise in Western Europe -the third volume in a series of four ICSEM-based books on social enterprise worldwide - will serve as a key reference and resource for teachers, researchers, students, experts, policy makers, journalists and others who want to acquire a broad understanding of the social enterprise and social entrepreneurship phenomena as they emerge and develop in this region"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aRoutledge studies in social enterprise & social innovation. 606 $aSocial entrepreneurship$zEurope$xHistory 607 $aEurope$xSocial policy 615 0$aSocial entrepreneurship$xHistory. 676 $a338.6094 702 $aDefourny$b Jacques 702 $aNyssens$b Marthe 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910774795503321 996 $aSocial Enterprise in Western Europe$92984714 997 $aUNINA