Adaptive utilitarianism, social enterprises and urban regeneration

Brendan Murtagh and Kathryn McFerran

Environment and Planning C, 2015, vol. 33, issue 6, 1585-1599

Abstract: Social enterprises have been placed at the centre of Big Society politics and an emphasis on the local as a site for experimentation and service delivery. Nationally, this has been supported by legislation in community transfer and procurement, social finance and new intermediaries to strengthen skills and loan readiness. This paper examines the role of social enterprises involved in urban development in Northern Ireland and highlights the multiple ethics, legitimation strategies and modalities that are necessary for sustainable forms of progressive regeneration. The paper concludes by stressing the possibilities of a more independent and reformist social economy and how this offers some practical alternatives to the enthusiasm for neoliberal policies in the local state.

Keywords: social enterprise; regeneration; localism; utilitarianism; social finance; neoliberalism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1177/0263774X15614151

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