Social Entrepreneurship in Germany : : An Analysis of the Media Discourse from 1999 To 2021.

• Superior document: Edition Politik Series
• Author: Kenel, Philipp.
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag,, 2024.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Edition Politik Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (289 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables and Graphs -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Many Meanings of Social Entrepreneurship -- 1.1 Introduction: Social Entrepreneurship - Still a 'Messy' Field of Research -- 1.2 All Things Social Entrepreneurship Carry Meaning(s) - Always -- 1.3 Describing and Defining Social Entrepreneurship - No Innocent Task -- 1.4 Social Entrepreneurship Linked to Wider Narratives -- 1.5 A 'Systemic' Perspective: Social Entrepreneurship in Relationship to Neoliberalism -- 1.6 The Meanings of Social Entrepreneurship: Context‐Specific, Dynamic and Shaped by Different Actors -- 1.7 'Conceptual Confusion' as the Starting Point of an Empirical Research Project -- Chapter 2: Social Entrepreneurship in Germany -- 2.1 Introduction: 'Social Entrepreneurship' in Germany - Perceived as an 'Imported' Concept and Still Rather Marginal -- 2.2 How to Make Sense of 'Social Entrepreneurship' in the German Context -- 2.3 The Development of a Social Entrepreneurship field in Germany -- 2.4 The (Critical) Reception of the 'Social Entrepreneurship' Movement and Its Actors in Germany -- 2.5 The Political and Socio‐Economic Context in Germany During the Emergence of Social Entrepreneurship -- 2.6 Social Entrepreneurship in Germany: Once a Neoliberal Movement, always a Neoliberal Movement? -- Chapter 3: Grasping the Social Entrepreneurship Discourse(s) - Theoretical Framework and Methodology -- 3.1 Introduction: Empirically Investigating the Contested Concept of Social Entrepreneurship in Germany between 1999 and 2021 -- 3.2 Discourse(s) as Systems of Thought around Specific Topics -- 3.3 (Critical) Discourse Analysis: Researching Not Text, but 'Social Practice' -- 3.4 Operationalising the Empirical Research -- 3.4.1 What Data? Newspapers as Arenas of 'Common' Agreement and 'Everyday Text'.

3.4.2 Reflections on the Choice of Data: Representations of SE in Newspapers as a Specific Part of the SE Discourse(s) -- 3.4.3 Building the Corpus of Newspapers Articles -- 3.4.4 Search Criteria -- 3.4.5 Overview of Search Results and Selection of Articles that Constitute the Corpus -- 3.4.6 Data Analysis and Identifying the Three Different Periods between 1999 and 2021 -- 3.4.7 Ethical Considerations -- 3.4.8 Presentation of the Results -- Chapter 4: Social Entrepreneurship Coming to the Aid of the 'Sick Man' (1999-2008) -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Describing, Explaining, Defining Social Entrepreneurship -- 4.3 Three Groups of Actors and 'Speakers', and Social Entrepreneurship Coming to Germany -- 4.4 The Fields for Social Entrepreneurship, the Sectoral Positioning and Relationships to Established Institutions -- 4.5 Why Social Entrepreneurship? The Need and Urgency for SE -- 4.6 Logics and Value Statements in and around Social Entrepreneurship -- 4.7 Business Virtues as a Cure for the 'Sick Man'? -- Chapter 5: Social Entrepreneurship Becoming Part of the Economy (2009-2014) -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Social Entrepreneurship as Business and Economy -- 5.3 Social Entrepreneurship as Business Ethics and Reform of the Business School -- 5.4 The Search for 'Purpose' in Work - Social Entrepreneurship Becoming a Career (Option) -- 5.5 Social Entrepreneurship as Business: Ambiguous Developments -- 5.6 More Voices 'Speaking' and Social Entrepreneurs are Not All 'Heroes' Anymore -- 5.7 Complex and (More) Ambiguous Logics and Value Statements -- 5.8 Critiquing but also Stabilising the Capitalist Economy After the Financial Crisis of 2008 -- Chapter 6: Towards an Entrepreneurial Society, or a Transformation of the Economy, or Both? (2015-2021) -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Rooted in the Economy and Source of Meaningful Work: More Continuity than Change?.

6.3 Social Entrepreneurship and the Start‐Up World -- 6.4 Institutionalisation and Normalisation of (Some Parts and Aspects of) Social Entrepreneurship -- 6.5 More Actors and the Expansion of the 'Social Entrepreneurship' Term and Concept -- 6.6 Politics of and beyond Social Entrepreneurship -- 6.7 Social Entrepreneurship as Part of a Regional (Economic) Model? -- 6.8 Overlaps with Other Concepts: More 'Confusion' and Ambiguity than Ever? -- Chapter 7: On the Rise and on the Move - but where to? Discussion, Reflection and Outlook -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The Three Periods in the Social Entrepreneurship (Media) Discourse -- 7.3 Ambiguous Social Entrepreneurship: Criticising and Legitimising the Capitalist Economy -- 7.4 The Importance of the Diversity and the Sector(s) of Social Entrepreneurship -- 7.5 The Complex Interrelations between Social Entrepreneurship, Capitalism and the State -- 7.6 Social Entrepreneurship and Other Concepts: Overlaps and (Lack of) Boundaries -- 7.7 Social Entrepreneurship Discourse(s) and Newspapers: Reflections on the Methodological Approach -- 7.8 The Political Potential of Social Entrepreneurship -- Reference List.