Social enterprise in Europe: At the crossroads of market, public policies and third sector

• Published in: Policy & society Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 231 - 242
• Main Authors: Defourny, Jacques, Nyssens, Marthe
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2010; Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Business & economic sciences; civil society; concepts; Economic risk; Economie sociale; Europe; Financing; Legal frameworks; Public policies; public policy; Sciences économiques & de gestion; Social economics; Social enterprise; social entrepreneurship; Legal frameworks; Public policies; Economic risk; Social enterprise; Financing; Europe

Over the last 15 years, the concept of social enterprise has been raising an increasing interest in various regions of the world. In the present paper, we describe, first, the European historical landscapes in which the concept of social enterprise took root. In the second part, we analyze the vario...