IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/jsocen/v9y2018i1p13-30.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

‘Changing the System’: Compensatory versus Transformative Social Entrepreneurship

Author

Listed:
  • Lance R. Newey

Abstract

‘Changing the system’ has long been a part of definitions of social entrepreneurship (SE). This paper focuses on capitalism as a global socio-economic system and understanding the role of SE in relation to this system. A distinction between two types of SE activity is introduced: compensatory and transformative. Compensatory SE compensates for market failures within the global capitalist system. By contrast, transformative SE specifically seeks to change the system of global capitalism. Using the examples of the alter-globalization movement and transition towns, the paper advances a conceptualization of transformative SE which contrasts assumptions with compensatory SE. This distinction aids to make the field of SE more truly global, multidisciplinary, representative and emancipatory.

Suggested Citation

  • Lance R. Newey, 2018. "‘Changing the System’: Compensatory versus Transformative Social Entrepreneurship," Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(1), pages 13-30, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jsocen:v:9:y:2018:i:1:p:13-30
    DOI: 10.1080/19420676.2017.1408671
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/19420676.2017.1408671
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/19420676.2017.1408671?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Susan Mueller & Robert S. D'Intino & Jennifer Walske & Michel L. Ehrenhard & Scott L. Newbert & Jeffrey A. Robinson & Jason C. Senjem, 2015. "What's Holding Back Social Entrepreneurship? Removing the Impediments to Theoretical Advancement," Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 6(3), pages 245-256, November.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Claudiu Constantin Oancea, 2020. "Living Communist History in the Living Room: The Communist Consumer Museum in Timisoara, Romania," Logos Universalitate Mentalitate Educatie Noutate - Sectiunea Filosofie si Stiinte umaniste/ Logos Universality Mentality Education Novelty - Section: Philosophy and Humanistic Sciences, Editura Lumen, Department of Economics, vol. 8(1), pages 08-19, June.
    2. Aquino, Richard S., 2022. "Community change through tourism social entrepreneurship," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
    3. Claudiu Oancea, 2020. "Recycling Romania’s Communist Past as an Entrepreneurial Project. Two Case Studies," Manager Journal, Faculty of Business and Administration, University of Bucharest, vol. 31(1), pages 46-60, December.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Marzena Starnawska, 2016. "Social Entrepreneurship Research – Challenges, Explanations and Suggestions for the Field Development (Przedsiebiorczosc spoleczna – wyzwania, przyczyny i sugestie dla obszaru badawczego)," Problemy Zarzadzania, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management, vol. 14(61), pages 13-31.
    2. Marzena Starnawska & Agnieszka Brzozowska, 2018. "Editorial Paper. Social Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Phenomenon: Antecedents, Processes, Impact across Cultures and Contexts," Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation, Fundacja Upowszechniająca Wiedzę i Naukę "Cognitione", vol. 14(2), pages 3-18.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:jsocen:v:9:y:2018:i:1:p:13-30. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/RJSE20 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.