Table of Contents

PART ONE: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
Third Sector and the Social Economy
Civil Society and a Third System
Organizations of the Third Sector
Assessing Size, Scope and Contribution
The Development of Trusts and Charities
The Development of Co-Operatives and Mutual Societies
Secular Associations and a Voluntary Sector
The Modern Third Sector and Social Economy
Implications for Social Enterprise
New Public Management and the Private Sector
The End of the Post-War Consensus
The Effects of New Public Management
Advances in Employee and Community Ownership
Co-Operative Transformation of the Private Sector
Defining Social Enterprise
The Origins of the Language of Social Enterprise
Descriptions of Social Enterprise
Social Enterprise as a Spectrum of Options
Cross-Sector Models of Social Enterprise and Social Capital
Social Enterprise as an Activity
Social and Ethical Capital
Understanding Views on Social Capital
Values, Ethics and Sustainability
Ethical Capital as a Framework for Understanding Social Enterprise
Globalization and International Perspectives
The Rise of Global Capital and International Markets
Social Enterprise as a Global Enterprise
Social Enterprise as Opposition to Globalization
PART TWO: THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
Management Debates
Outlining a Perspective on Social Enterprise Education
Living the Management Debate
Comparing Key Texts on Social Enterprise Management
Identities and Legalities
Values, Identities and Social Practices
Old Legal Identities and Hegemonic Power
New Legal Identities and Social Power
Strategic Management and Planning
Conceptualizing Strategic Management
Operationalizing Strategic Management and Planning
Assessing Strategic Management Performance
Governance, HRM and Employee Relations
Discourses on Managing People
Shared Governance and HRM Concepts
Recruitment, Selection and Induction
Dispute Resolution
Discussion of Case Studies
Leadership and Social Entrepreneurship
Why Leadership Matters
Theories of Leadership
Perspectives on Entrepreneurship
Income Streams and Social Investment
Theorizing Income and Investment Activities
Income from Trading and Membership
Gifts and Donations
Loan and Equity Finance
Social Investment Funds
Measuring Outcomes and Impacts
Performance as a Concept
Social Accounting Practices
SAA and SROI: Similarities and Differences
Critical Perspectives on Social Accounting
Implications for Social Enterprises
Postscript - Social Enterprise in 2050

About the Author

Dr Rory Ridley-Duff worked for 12 years as a director of the workers co-operative Computercraft Ltd, and has built his academic career through a PhD study of School Trends Ltd during its conversion to a social enterprise. His primary research interest is the process by which democratic relations develop in both informal and formal organisations and affect governing processes.

He has now authored 35 scholarly papers, four books and two novels. In addition to this book, he has published ‘The Case for FairShares’ to articulate findings from a decade of action research at Sheffield Business School, that explores social enterprise as a route to solidarity between social entrepreneurs, producers, consumers and small investors (see www.fairshares.coop). His research has been published in Human Relations, Corporate Governance: An International Review, the Industrial Relations Journal, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, the Social Enterprise Journal and Journal of Cooperative Studies with best paper awards from Emerald Publishing and the Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

He remains connected to practice through directorships with Social Enterprise Europe and the FairShares Association. His aca­demic leadership roles include Chair of the PRME Group at Sheffield Business School and Acting Chair of the International Cooperative Business Education Consortium (ICBEC).

Dr Mike Bull is a Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, recently completing his PhD by publication, entitled ‘The Development of Social Enterprise in the UK: Some Operational and Theoretical Contributions to Knowledge’.

Mike has a decade of experience and knowledge of social enterprise, having led several UK and European funded research projects. He also developed one of the first undergraduate modules on social enterprise in 2005. Mike has held two Directorships in social enterprises during the past decade, as well as gaining industrial expertise, having previously worked for 16 years in the printing industry for private, public and third sector organisations.

Mike is an editorial board member of the Social Enterprise Journal. He is Track Chair of Social Environmental and Ethical Enterprise of the International Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference (ISBE). Mike is also on the Programme Board of ‘Social Economy’ pub­lished by Cracow University of Economics.

Reviews

′This book is a "must-read" for all those who are interested in social enterprise - for academics, practitioners, but above all for students - with its many ambitious and challenging exercises, plus references to an extensive range of materials available on a companion website at www.sagepub.co.uk/ridleyduff′ -
Peter Somerville
School of Social Sciences, University of Lincoln