Social Entrepreneurship
Social Entrepreneurship
Andrzej Nowak , The Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities
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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.
- Presents the concept of social entrepreneurship through the lenses of various theories such as dynamical systems theory, complexity and emergence theory, sociology and psychology, social networks analysis and theories of leadership
- Documents the hypothesis that social entrepreneurs pursue their social mission through launching a bottom-up process and through building social capital
- Links theory with diverse, colorful case studies from around the world, including photo documentation
- Identifies and analyzes the specific personality traits of social entrepreneurs as compared to social activists and the average of the society
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February 2012Adobe eBook Reader
9781139210737
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43 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- Part I. Social Entrepreneurship:
- 1. Defining social entrepreneurship: an overview
- 2. Dimensions of social entrepreneurship
- 3. Identifying social entrepreneurship in practice
- Part II. The Dynamics of Social Change:
- 4. Social change theories and dilemmas
- 5. Equilibrium and complexity
- 6. Theory of social emergence
- Part III. Social Capital Built by Social Entrepreneurs:
- 7. Social capital
- 8. Social networks: bedrock of social capital
- 9. Personality traits that facilitate the building of social capital
- Part IV. A New Kind of Leadership:
- 10. Social entrepreneurship: a dynamical account
- 11. A new kind of leadership
- 12. Addressing insurmountable problems and conflicts
- Epilogue: the past and the future.
