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A political ideology lens on social entrepreneurship motivations

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  • Halima Jarrodi
  • Janice Byrne
  • Sylvain Bureau

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The traditional literature regarding social entrepreneurship does not question the political dimension. On the contrary, it tends to de-politicize societal issues. A growing number of researchers underline how this perspective cannot address the complexity and the dialogical nature of social entrepreneurship. However, while there may be a case for incorporating a political perspective, there is currently no conceptual framework to systematically inform an empirical exploration of the role played by the political vision of entrepreneurs. In this paper, we use the concept of political ideology to offer a solid framework to show how politics can shape social entrepreneurs’ motivations. More precisely we identify three political profiles – anti-statist, reformist and neoliberal – which shape the motives to engage in social entrepreneurship. We take an embedded case study approach of 17 social entrepreneurs involved in a social innovation boot camp and reveal the existence of both, left and right-wing approaches in social entrepreneurship.

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  • Halima Jarrodi & Janice Byrne & Sylvain Bureau, 2019. "A political ideology lens on social entrepreneurship motivations," Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(7-8), pages 583-604, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:entreg:v:31:y:2019:i:7-8:p:583-604
    DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2019.1596353
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    2. Sophie Alkhaled, 2021. "Women's entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia: Feminist solidarity and political activism in disguise?," Gender, Work and Organization, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 28(3), pages 950-972, May.
    3. Piotr Żuk & Paweł Żuk, 2021. "On the Socio-Cultural Determinants of Polish Entrepreneurs’ Attitudes towards the Development of Renewable Energy: Business, Climate Skepticism Ideology and Climate Change," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(12), pages 1-16, June.
    4. Mirene Begiristain‐Zubillaga & Enekoitz Etxezarreta‐Etxarri & Jon Morandeira‐Arca, 2022. "Towards the transformative social economy: Proposal of a system of indicators for cooperative social entrepreneurship," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 93(2), pages 457-501, June.
    5. Rüdiger Hein, 2022. "Beyond a Balanced View of Social Entrepreneurship within a Social–Commercial Dichotomy: Towards a Four-Dimensional Typology," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(8), pages 1-17, April.
    6. Shepherd, Dean A. & Seyb, Stella & Williams, Trenton A., 2023. "Empathy-driven entrepreneurial action: Well-being outcomes for entrepreneurs and target beneficiaries," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 38(2).

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