Public Policies and Work Integration Social Enterprises: The Challenge of Institutionalization in a Neoliberal Era

• Published in: Nonprofit policy forum Vol. 7; no. 4; pp. 415 - 433
• Main Authors: Cooney, Kate, Nyssens, Marthe, O’Shaughnessy, Mary, Defourny, Jacques
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin De Gruyter 01.12.2016; Walter de Gruyter GmbH; De Gruyter GmbH
• Subjects: Active Labor Market Policy; Business & economic sciences; Economie sociale; Government subsidies; Institutionalization; Intellectual disabilities; Labor market; Neoliberalism; Political activism; Public policy; Regions; Sciences économiques & de gestion; Social economics; Unemployment; WISEs

One particular field of Social Enterprise – WISEs or Work Integration Social Enterprises – has become increasingly recognised as being emblematic of the dynamics of social enterprises and now constitutes a major sphere of their activity globally. From their early roots, focusing on providing product...