Questioning the legitimacy of Social Enterprises through Gramscian and Bourdieusian perspectives: the case of British Social Enterprises.
Drawing on data from six social enterprises in the UK, this paper demonstrates that social enterprises negotiate their legitimacy borrowing from the state, the corporation and the service logics. The paper illustrates the existential crises of legitimacy as experienced in the social enterprise secto...
Main Authors: | Nicolopoulou, Katerina (Author), Lucas, Iain (Author), Tatli, Ahu (Author), Karatas-Ozkan, Mine (Author), Costanzo, Laura A. (Author), Özbilgin, Mustafa (Author), Manville, Graham (Author) |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2015-01-01.
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