Entrepreneurship as an integrating mechanism for disadvantaged persons

Dirk De Clercq and Benson Honig

Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 2011, vol. 23, issue 5-6, 353-372

Abstract: This paper theorises about a specific facet of social entrepreneurship, namely, the integration of disadvantaged persons into the field of entrepreneurship. Drawing from Bourdieu's theory of practice, the authors conceive of this integration as a power-laden process that reflects normative expectations imposed by field incumbents on entrants to the field that require them to both comply with and challenge existing field arrangements. Propositions outline the desirability and ability of disadvantaged persons to meet these expectations.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2011.580164

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