From state partnership to social entrepreneurship: A top-down approach to social enterprise in China

IF 1.3 Q2 SOCIAL WORK

Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-05-07 DOI:10.1111/aswp.12255

Echo Lei Wang

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Social enterprises are hybrid organizations that combine for-profit, market-based practices with nonprofit goals. Social enterprises in China face specific political and institutional challenges that negatively affect their development. This study explores how a Government-Organized Non-Government Organization (GONGO) overcomes institutional challenges at different stages of social enterprise development by engaging strategies, which eventually lead to the establishment of a sustainable social enterprise. The GONGO applies social entrepreneurship in the three major aspects of identifying challenging social problems, implementing innovative market-based solutions, and initiating long-term institutional changes to tackle the stubborn social issue. This study demonstrates a unique top-down social enterprise model and shows that in an authoritarian context, the GONGO could potentially take up the role of developing new social enterprise. This study initiates a deeper conversation between social entrepreneurship and China's socio-political development.

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从国家合作到社会企业:自上而下的中国社会企业研究

社会企业是一种混合组织，它将以营利为目的、以市场为基础的实践与非营利目标结合在一起。中国的社会企业面临着特定的政治和制度挑战，这些挑战对其发展产生了负面影响。本研究探讨政府组织的非政府组织(GONGO)如何透过参与策略，克服社会企业发展不同阶段的制度挑战，并最终建立可持续发展的社会企业。GONGO将社会企业家精神应用于三个主要方面，即发现具有挑战性的社会问题，实施创新的市场化解决方案，以及发起长期的制度变革来解决顽固的社会问题。本研究展示了一种独特的自上而下的社会企业模式，并表明在威权主义背景下，GONGO有可能承担起发展新型社会企业的角色。本研究开启了社会企业家精神与中国社会政治发展之间更深层次的对话。

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期刊介绍： There is a growing recognition that major social trends, such as the process of globalization, rapidly changing demography, increasing psycho-social difficulties in individuals and families, growing economic disparities within and between the nations, and international migration, present important challenges for social policies and social work practices in Asia. It also has become evident that social policy strategies and social work methods must be developed and implemented in the context of Asian region''s own histories, cultures, and unique developmental trajectories in order to respond effectively to those emerging challenges. The Asian Social Work and Policy Review seeks to encourage exchanges of original ideas, rigorous analysis of experiences, innovative practice methods founded on local knowledge and skills of problem solving in the areas of social work and social policy between various countries in Asia.