Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: 1. Exploring the terrain of social entrepreneurship: New directions, paths less travelled / Anne de Bruin and Simon Teasdale -- 2. An evolutionary perspective on social entrepreneurship 'ecosystems' / Michael J. Roy and Richard Hazenberg -- 3. Spectres of marketization? The prospect of the national disability insurance scheme in Australia / Chris Mason -- 4. Social enterprises and democracy in countries with transitional or authoritarian regimes / Angela M. Eikenberry -- 5. Measuring impact in social entrepreneurship: Developing a research agenda for the 'practice turn' in impact assessment / Jarrod Ormiston and Erin Castellas -- 6. When form follows function: Governing for good / Deborah Burand -- 7. Community perspectives on social entrepreneurship / Helen Haugh and Andrew Brady -- 8. Collective social entrepreneurship / Roger Spear -- 9. Inclusive value chain development: The role of social enterprise hybrids in smallholder value chains / Bob Doherty and Pichawadee Kittipanya-Ngam -- 10. Social enterprises as rural development actors / Robyn Eversole and Mary Duniam -- 11. Social and ecological entrepreneurship in a circular economy: The need for understanding transitional agency / Malin Henriksson, Martin Hultman, Nils Johansson, Anna Kaijser and Björn Wallsten -- 12. Gender and social entrepreneurship research: Contemporary themes / Kate V. Lewis and Colette Henry -- 13. Māori indigenous research: Impacting social enterprise and entrepreneurship / Ella Henry and Léo-Paul Dana -- 14. Social entrepreneurship in the middle east and north Africa / Ghadah Alarifi, Paul Robson and Endrit Kromidha -- 15. Hybrid social entrepreneurship in emerging economies - a research agenda / Diane Holt and Bev Meldrum -- 16. Social entrepreneurship through the lens of the 'everyday': Inquiring the rhythms of female micro-credit recipients / Pascal Dey and Laurent Marti -- 17. The times of social innovation - fictional expectation, precautionary expectation and social imaginary / Rafael Ziegler -- Index.

Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. In the last two decades social entrepreneurship has grown in energy and impact as entrepreneurial spirit has increasingly turned to finding solutions for social, cultural and environmental issues. As social entrepreneurship has grown in popularity, so too has its academic study. A Research Agenda for Social Entrepreneurship brings together contributions from developing paths in the field to signpost the directions ahead for the study of social entrepreneurship. Moving beyond mainstream approaches to entrepreneurship, this innovative and insightful book offers a unique view into the contemporary state of social entrepreneurship research. Impressive and diverse, this book explores not only established research, but also draws out implications for social entrepreneurship from legal scholarship, gender studies and indigenous research, as well as investigating regional contexts. Moreover, the contributors take inspiration from emerging societal trends, such as the circular economy and the turn of entrepreneurship to ecology and the environment. Featuring diverse insights from different disciplinary and geographical perspectives, this book is invaluable to students of social entrepreneurship at all levels who are in need of a broad and cutting-edge overview of the topics. Researchers seeking original research topics and questions will benefit from this book's insight into the future of the subject. The accessible style will also serve social entrepreneurs themselves, offering a fascinating exploration of the many pathways for social entrepreneurship.

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