The Politics, Policy, Popular Perception and Practice of Social Enterprise in the Twenty-first Century

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Enterprise ◽  
First Century ◽  
Twenty First Century

Manual Labor

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda C. Seaman
Keyword(s):  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Japanese Society ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
First Century ◽  
Manual Labor ◽  
Due Date ◽  
The Family ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The Moment

The twenty-first century canonical pregnancy in Japan is one where from the moment of conception the incipient mother is molded internally and externally by both the medical profession and the advice manual industry. In two works, authors push back against the notion of canonical motherhood, by rejecting the idea of the mother-fetus dyad. Pregnancy they say is a social enterprise, demanding that the mother develop or strengthen bonds with her husband and family. In Kakuta Mitsuyo’s My Due Date is Jimmy Page’s Birthday (2007), she traces a conventional story of how a woman grows closer to her husband and family through her pregnancy. In Tadano Miako’s 2005 Three Year Pregnancy, her protagonist remains pregnant for three years while she works out her relationship with her husband, her mother, and finally her sister. These narratives reflect changes in Japanese society—the woman’s demand for the father’s participation in the family.

scholarly journals Roots of social enterprise: entrepreneurial philanthropy, England 1600-1908

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew MacDonald ◽  
Carole Howorth
Keyword(s):  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
First Century ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Welfare Provision ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Poor Laws ◽  
Enterprise Models ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Heroic Narrative

Purpose Insights into the roots of social enterprise from before the term was adopted are provided by examining histories of charitable service and comparing current understandings of social enterprise. Social enterprise models of welfare provision are evidenced from the seventeenth century onwards. Persistent themes are identified that provide insights for current practice and understanding. Design/methodology/approach This historiography examines interpretations from 1905 to the present day of examples of welfare provision between two watershed points: 1600, just prior to the Poor Laws and 1908, when the Old Age Pensions Act shifted emphasis in public sector provision. Findings Activities that would nowadays be termed social enterprise are evidenced in histories of charitable philanthropy covering each century since 1600. Prevailing attitudes uncritically demarcated deserving and undeserving poor. Histories contributed to a heroic narrative of social entrepreneurs, describing activities dependent on well-networked, politically active individuals that rarely continued beyond their involvement. The political environment was recognised to influence the types of organisations, governance and resourcing. Research limitations/implications The historiography takes examples from three centuries between 1600 and1908 but is not comprehensive. Recurrent themes are identified for further research. Originality/value Social enterprise is a twenty-first-century label but not a new phenomenon. Identification of prevailing themes provides insights for the understanding of social enterprises in the twenty-first century.

Managing Networks of Twenty-First Century Organisations

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Perri Six ◽  
Nick Goodwin ◽  
Edward Peck ◽  
Tim Freeman
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
Twenty First Century
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