ABSTRACT
In recent decades, governments have promoted social enterprise as a means to address welfare and tackle disadvantage. Early academic work on social enterprises reflected this development and engaged with their ability to deliver and create jobs, work towards remedial environmental goals, and address a range of societal challenges. More recently, researchers have started to investigate the broader potential of social enterprise for the wellbeing of people and the planet.
In this context, this book aims to answer the question: In what ways can social enterprises improve the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities? The chapters in this edited collection take different perspectives on assessing how social enterprises address disadvantage and deliver health and wellbeing impacts. Drawing on evidence from international research studies, Social Enterprise, Health, and Wellbeing: Theory, Methods, and Practice presents the ‘first wave’ of innovative research on this topic and provides a platform of evidence to inspire the next generation of scholarly and policy interest.
Drawing on the cutting edge of interdisciplinary research in the field, this book will be of interest to researchers, academics, policymakers, and students in the fields of entrepreneurship, public and social policy, community development, public health, human geography, and urban planning.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section Section 1|80 pages
Applying Theory for Insights
chapter 2|22 pages
Social Enterprises as Spaces of Wellbeing
chapter 5|20 pages
Community Economies of Wellbeing
section Section 2|83 pages
Extending Methodological Frontiers
chapter 6|22 pages
Spatialising Wellbeing Through Social Enterprise
chapter 8|25 pages
Designing Work Integration Social Enterprises That Impact the Health and Wellbeing of People Living With Serious Mental Illnesses
chapter 9|18 pages
‘They See People in Need and Want to Help’
section Section 3|102 pages
New Insights for Practice