Enterprise, Deprivation And Social Exclusion: The Role Of Small Business In Addressing Social And Economic Inequalities (routledge Studies In Entrepreneurship)

There is little doubt that in recent years, enterprise has been considered an essential approach in the alleviation of deprivation existing in the developed world. The assumption is that area-based initiatives provide a means by which enterprise can include all members of society in mainstream social and economic activities. The rationale behind Enterprise, Deprivation and Social Exclusion is to critically challenge the notion that enterprise can address the complexity behind deprivation and social exclusion by demonstrating UK and North American examples. We see how enterprise has come to be regarded as a means by which poverty can be reduced and new opportunities can be opened up to support individuals. However, the authors here seek to give a greater appreciation to the structural roots of deprivation and pose questions about whether or not enterprise might actually exacerbate structures of social and economic exclusion. What if enterprise actually maintains differences between types of community and keeps individuals entrenched in certain ways of thinking? The contributions in this edited collection will offer a distinct opportunity in respect of both theoretical and empirical advancement. The authors hale from both sides of the Atlantic and form an inter-disciplinary group to provide complementary perspectives in this field. Cover Enterprise, Deprivation and Social Exclusion Copyright Contents 1. Introduction: Enterprise and Deprivation 2. Enterprise: A Route out of Disadvantage and Deprivation? 3. Blind Faith: Entrepreneurship and the Revitalization of Inner-City Minority Communities 4. Ethnic Entrepreneurs and Urban Regeneration 5. Race, Space and the Dynamics of Self-Employment 6. All Underserved Markets Are Not Created Equal: Why the Private Sector Alone Will Not Address the Capital Needs of Distressed US Communities 7. Access to Finance in Deprived Areas: Has the Government Lost Interest? 8. Working Life in Rural Micro-Enterprises: Old Forms of Organisation in the New Economy 9. Entrepreneurship, Social Exclusion and Worklessness 10. The Hidden Enterprise Culture 11. Locating Enterprise and Placing Wealth: Entrepreneurship and Place-Based Enterprises in Depleted Communities 12. Discursive Chasms: An Examination of the Language and Promotion of Social Enterprise 13. Can the Market Deliver the Goods? A Critical Review of the Social Enterprise Agenda 14. Micro-Enterprise and Cooperative Development in Economically Marginalized Communities in the US 15. Alternative Forms of Enterprise 16. Conclusion: The Role of Enterprise in Addressing Social and Economic Inequalities List of Contributors Index Enterprise and Development seeks to challenge the notion that enterprise can address the complexity that underlies the problems of deprivation and social exclusion by critically examining case studies from UK and North America. This text seeks to challenge the notion that enterprise can address the complexity underlying the problems of deprivation and social exclusion. The authors critically examine case studies from both the UK and North America