Neoliberalism by stealth? Exploring continuity and change within the UK social enterprise policy paradigm

Social enterprise has been portrayed as challenging neoliberalism, and alternatively, as neoliberalism by stealth. Here we conceptualise social enterprise as a microparadigm nested within wider political and economic frameworks. Our analysis of continuity and change over a period of political and ec...

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Published inPolicy and politics Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 323 - 341
Main Authors Nicholls, Alex, Teasdale, Simon
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Policy Press 01.07.2017
The Policy Press
Subjects
Cognition
Economic crisis
Ideas
Neoliberalism
Paradigms
Policy Paradigm
Public interest
Social Enterprise
Social entrepreneurship
social enterprise
policy paradigm
ideas
neoliberalism
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Summary:Social enterprise has been portrayed as challenging neoliberalism, and alternatively, as neoliberalism by stealth. Here we conceptualise social enterprise as a microparadigm nested within wider political and economic frameworks. Our analysis of continuity and change over a period of political and economic crisis in England demonstrates considerable evidence of normative change in the ideas underpinning social enterprise policies. However, further analysis reveals that the (neoliberal) cognitive ideas underpinning the social enterprise paradigm remained intact. This suggests that policy paradigms can accommodate normative differences within a shared cognitive framework, and hence, are more fluid, and have greater longevity, than previously recognised.
Bibliography:0305-5736(20170707)45:3L.323;1-
(JN) Politics - Europe
ISSN:0305-5736
1470-8442
DOI:10.1332/030557316X14775864546490