Contextualisation Matters : Aligning Social Enterprises to Nation-State Diversity
Institution: | Roskilde University |
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Year: | 2015 |
Keywords: | Social enterprise; welfare society; neoliberalism; context; universalism; third sector |
Record ID: | 1120328 |
Full text PDF: | https://emesphdnetwork.wordpress.com/2015/02/26/contextualisation-matters-aligning-social-enterprises-to-nation-state-diversity/ |
Whether or not social enterprises (SE) contribute to a constructive development of nation-states’ social systems depends on how they are adapted to national and local traditions and circumstances. This seems to be a major challenge in research, because statistical and economistic studies often discuss, compare and attempt to transfer the same solutions to a diversity of social structures. Instead we need to approach new social initiatives in an active and open discussion in order to counteract a seemingly endless pursuit of new universalised initiatives to address social challenges. The relationship between universalism and local context can be conceptualised by the fact that there is a global moral universe of moral and egalitarian principles of humanity as a whole, but that these principles and ideals must always be negotiated in the local context.