Social entrepreneurship : theory and practice / / Ryszard Praszkier, Andrzej Nowak [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Praszkier Ryszard <1945->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xx, 228 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 361.7/65068
• Soggetto topico: Social entrepreneurship
• Classificazione: PSY031000
• Persona (resp. second.): NowakAndrzej (Andrzej Krzysztof)
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF PHOTOS; PREFACE; FOR WHOM IS THIS BOOK INTENDED?; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; SECTION I SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP; INTRODUCTION; 1 Defining Social Entrepreneurship:An Overview; THE ASHOKA DEFINITION; SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE DEFINITIONS; CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS; 2 Dimensions of Social Entrepreneurship; SOCIAL MISSION; SOCIAL INNOVATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT; PERSONALITY: CREATIVITY AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS; THE FIRST TAKE ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS AND OTHER EFFECTIVE LEADERS ; CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS3 Identifying Social Entrepreneurs in Practice; HOW TO FIND THEM; SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR OR...; CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS, SECTION 1; SECTION 2 THE DYNAMICS OF SOCIAL CHANGE; INTRODUCTION; 4 Social-Change Theories and Dilemmas; DEFINING SOCIAL CHANGE FOSTERED BY SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS; EXISTING THEORIES OF SOCIAL CHANGE; Ancient Greeks and the Present Time; Sociological Change Theories; Evolutionary Theories; Conflict Theories; Structural-Functional Theories; Social-Psychological Theories; Psychological Change Theories; Historical Change: The Power of Ideas ; CRUCIAL DILEMMAS RELATED TO SOCIAL CHANGEIs Social Change Endogenous or Exogenous?; Is Social Change Inevitable or Contingent?; Individuals or Societies?; Materialism or Idealism?; A NEED FOR A NEW THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS; 5 Equilibrium and Complexity; KURT LEWIN'S FORCE-FIELD THEORY; HOMEOSTASIS, EQUILIBRIUM, AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP; SELF-ORGANIZATION: SIMPLE RULES LEAD TO COMPLEX RESULTS; BUBBLES THEORY; SELF-ORGANIZATION; Chaos or Order?; Recapping Simple vs. Complex Systems; ATTRACTOR THEORY; CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS; 6 Theory of Social Emergence; THE THEORY OF EMERGENCE ; SOCIAL EMERGENCESOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE CIRCLE OF EMERGENCE; Level 1. Individual; Level 2. Interactions; Level 3. Ephemeral Emergents; Level 4. Stable Emergents; Level 5. Structures; CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS, SECTION 2; SECTION 3 SOCIAL CAPITAL BUILT BY SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS; INTRODUCTION; 7 Social Capital; DEFINING SOCIAL CAPITAL; THE SEVERAL DIMENSIONS OF SOCIAL CAPITAL; IMPACT OF SOCIAL CAPITAL; Impact on Individuals; Impact on Groups and Societies; WHAT MAKES SOCIAL CAPITAL SO PROMISING?; SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL; CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS ; 8 Social Networks: Bedrock of Social CapitalSOCIAL NETWORKS: WHAT ARE THEY?; SMALL NETWORKS; LARGE NETWORKS; VIBRANT NETWORKS; NETWORKS CREATED BY SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS; CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS; 9 Personality Traits That Facilitate the Building of Social Capital; CREATIVITY; THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PERSONALITY; MORE PERSONALITY TRAITS: WHAT ENSUES FROM THE DEFINITION?; Trust and Optimism; Cooperation; Individual Social Networks; Mechanisms for Coping with Adversity; Risk Taking; Belief in the Malleability of People and the World; VERIFYING THE HYPOTHESES ; SPECIAL INDIVIDUALS BEHIND CHANGE: IS THE PROCESS ENDOGENOUS OR EXOGENOUS?
• Sommario/riassunto: Social Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice is about the creative ways in which social entrepreneurs solve pressing and insurmountable social problems. Theories of social change are presented to help demystify the 'magic' of making an immense, yet durable and irreversible, social impact. Utilizing case studies drawn from various fields and all over the world, the authors document how social entrepreneurs foster bottom-up change that empowers people and societies. They also review the specific personality traits of social entrepreneurs and introduce the new kind of leadership they represent. This book will be valuable to undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students, while remaining accessible to non-academic readers thanks to its clear language, illustrative case studies and guidelines on how to become a successful social entrepreneur.
• Titolo autorizzato: Social entrepreneurship
• ISBN: 1-139-20927-2; 1-107-22509-4; 1-280-56863-1; 1-139-22208-2; 9786613598233; 1-139-04946-1; 1-139-22379-8; 1-139-21727-5; 1-139-21419-5; 1-139-22036-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824152103321
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