New narratives of development work? Making sense of social entrepreneurs’ development narratives across time and economies

• Published in: World development Vol. 107; pp. 306 - 326
• Main Author: Chandra, Yanto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2018; Elsevier Science Publishers; Pergamon Press Inc
• Subjects: Analysis; Businesspeople; Computational linguistics; Computer applications; Development; Development narrative; Development studies; Economic aspects; Economic development; Economic sectors; Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurship; Framing; Identity; Industrial development; Language processing; Linguistics; Narratives; Natural language interfaces; Ownership; Political ideologies; Pragmatics; Social development; Social enterprise; Social entrepreneur; Social entrepreneurship; Sustainable development; Development; Computational linguistics; Social enterprise; Social entrepreneur; Development narrative

•This article examines the ‘development narratives’ of 1076 social entrepreneurs (SEs) using computational linguistics (CL).•SE narratives follow the “compelling story” format, and neutral- to soft-sell genre.•SE narratives are less political and more pragmatic, community focused, and steeped in tec...