"Everyone a Changemaker": An Analysis of Discursive Mechanisms for the Hegemonization of Social Entrepreneurship
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2013-07-04
Author(s)
Abstract
As multiple social, economic and ecological crises continue to linger, and as the belief in governments and markets as problem-solvers has dwindled, social entrepreneurship (SE) has emerged as a new beacon of hope to guide us into safer waters. While the popularity of SE has been ever-growing, understandings of SE - in academia as well as in practice - have been diverging to the point of incommensurability. The aim of this paper is to trace the fault lines of diverging understandings of SE, and to illuminate the discursive mechanisms by which certain understandings of SE are enacted as universally positive, necessary, and thus potentially hegemonic. We base our analysis on Laclau and Mouffe's discourse theory, and on a qualitative text analysis of websites of eleven support organizations for SE in Austria.
Language
English
Keywords
Social entrepreneurship
hegemony
discourse theory
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Book title
Bridging Continents, Cultures & Worldviews
Publisher
EGOS European Group for Organizational Studies
Publisher place
Berlin
Start page
30
Event Title
29th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium
Event Location
Montréal, Canada
Event Date
04.-06.07.2013
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
224150