- Title
- Social enterprise: is it the business of social work?
- Creator
- Gray, Mel; Healy, Karen; Crofts, Penny
- Relation
- Australian Social Work Vol. 56, Issue 2, p. 141-154
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.0312-407X.2003.00060.x
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2003
- Description
- The paper explores the relevance of social enterprise to social work practice and policy development. Social enterprise refers to a broad set of approaches that use business acumen to address social goals. A marginal activity in social work for a long time, recently social enterprise has been thrust into the spotlight in debates about the future of social policy and community services. It is important that social workers understand the meaning and implications of social enterprise if they are to apply it critically and reflectively in practice and participate in contemporary debates about its relevance in promoting individual and community empowerment. The paper provides an overview of the meaning of social enterprise, outlines the reasons for the renewed focus on social enterprise and related concepts in social policy debates, particularly community economic development, and examines its underlying values. It concludes with a discussion of questions and concerns surrounding the implementation of social enterprise in Australia.
- Subject
- community services sector; social enterprise; social policy; social work practice
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/937635
- Identifier
- uon:12589
- Identifier
- ISSN:0312-407X
- Rights
- This is an electronic version of an article published in Australian Social Work Vol. 56, Issue 2, p. 141-154. Australian Social Work is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0312-407X&volume=56&issue=2&spage=141
- Language
- eng
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