Introduction Documenting, Theorising, Mapping and Testing the Plurality of SE Models in Central and Eastern Europe

• Published in: Social Enterprise in Central and Eastern Europe pp. 1 - 19
• Main Authors: Defourny, Jacques, Mihály, Melinda, Nyssens, Marthe, Adam, Sophie
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom Routledge 2021; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: SE Model; SE Mission; Public Benefit Organisations; EMES Network; WISEs; CSR; Public Benefit Companies; SE Type; post-Yugoslav Countries; Cee Country; Mutual Benefit Organisations; SE; Civil Society; EMES Approach; Social Business; SE Concept; Social Business Model; SE Case; Voluntary Organisations; Social Entrepreneurship; UN; Allied States; SE Development; Social Mission

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book describes three main types of former socialist states: countries that were ruled by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), such as Armenia and the Baltic States; the so-cal...