ABSTRACT
What are the characteristics of social enterprises? What are the future prospects for social enterprises? What do social enterprises contribute? Analyzing social enterprises in fifteen different countries, The Emergence of Social Enterprise seeks to answer these important questions while investigating the remarkable growth in the 'third sector'. Us
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I Social enterprises in the fifteen EU countries
chapter 4|18 pages
Finland: labour co-operatives as an innovative response to unemployment P. PÄT TINIEMI
Labour co-operatives as an innovative response to unemployment
chapter 5|20 pages
France: social enterprises developing ‘proximity services’ J. - L . L AV ILLE
Social enterprises developing ‘proximity services’
chapter 6|16 pages
Germany: social enterprises and transitional employment A . EVERS AND M . SCHULZE - BÖING
Social enterprises and transitional employment
chapter 7|13 pages
Greece: social enterprises responding to welfare needs D. ZIOMAS, M . KETSETZOPOULOU AND N. BOUZAS
Social enterprises responding to welfare needs
chapter 9|16 pages
Italy: from traditional co-operatives to innovative social enterprises C . BORZ AG A AND A . SANT UA R I
From traditional co-operatives to innovative social enterprises
chapter 11|11 pages
Portugal: co-operatives for rehabilitation of people with disabilities H . PERIS TA
Co-operatives for rehabilitation
chapter 12|17 pages
Spain: social enterprises as a response to employment policy failure I . V I DA L
Social enterprises as a response to employment policy failure
chapter 13|16 pages
Sweden: the emergence of work-integration social enterprises Y. S T RY JA N
The emergence of work-integration social enterprises
chapter 14|16 pages
The Netherlands: neighbourhood development enterprises P. H . RENO OY
Neighbourhood development enterprises
part |2 pages
PART II Social enterprises: a theoretical perspective
chapter 16|23 pages
Social enterprises as incentive structures: an economic analysis A . BAC CHIEGA AND C . BORZ AG A
An economic analysis
chapter 18|21 pages
The social enterprise: towards a theoretical socio-economic approach J. - L . L AV ILLE AND M . NYSSENS
Towards a theoretical socio-economic approach
