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2017 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

4. Social Entrepreneurship: A Call for Collective Action

Author : Grace Davie

Published in: Leading and Managing in the Social Sector

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Social entrepreneurship presents great opportunities for higher education, international development, philanthropy, advocacy, and community organizing. Yet it also presents real dilemmas. More definition is needed about the endeavor’s paramount aims. This chapter argues that social entrepreneurs should rethink their relationship with collective action; that they should revisit old ideas while also looking for new ones; and that critical thought be given to the field’s implicit assumptions about social innovation and markets.

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See Ashoka’s Changemaker Campus initiative (www.​ashoka.​org/​changemakercampu​s) and the Transformative Action Institute (www.​transformativeac​tion.​org).
 
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Metadata
Title
Social Entrepreneurship: A Call for Collective Action
Author
Grace Davie
Copyright Year
2017
Book
Leading and Managing in the Social Sector

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-47044-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-47045-0

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47045-0_4