1st Edition

Social Enterprise in China

By Benedicte Brøgger Copyright 2022
182 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

182 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

182 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book explores social innovation and entrepreneurship in China. Focusing on selected social enterprises and processes, it addresses the question of "why China?", not in terms of military, economic or political ambitions, but in the terms of social innovation and welfare policies. The analyses range from detailed ethnography to discussions of broad global trends. Despite vastly improved... Read more

Part I. Overview 1. The global social enterprise movement 2. The social enterprise movement in China Part II. Cases 3. In the international market economy and three case studies 4. The Qushuo Academy – in the modern economy 5. The Baisha Naxi Embroidery Institute in the moral economy 6. A socialist economy with Chinese characteristics Part III. Discussion 7. How social enterprises alter the social contract 8. How to engage in social entrepreneurship in China

Biography

Benedicte Brøgger is Professor in the Department of Communication and Culture at the BI Norwegian Business School, Norway.

"To understand civil society in China today, it is imperative to understand social enterprises. This book provides the first comprehensive examination of work-integration social enterprises, the organizations through which the Chinese state serves disabled people. Based on rigorous research from four different sites across the country, Wang not only reveals the way the Chinese state uses state enterprises to accomplish its goals, but also offers a useful schema to analyze the different types of state-SE relationships that emerge. She finds that social enterprises with cooperative relationships with the state of the most effective at influencing state policy." Carolyn L. Hsu, Colgate University, author of Social Entrepreneurship and Citizenship in China