Civil Society

Aneel Karnani

Chapter Chapter 8 in Fighting Poverty Together, 2011, pp 233-254 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract As we have seen, in the popular stereotype, public organizations are unresponsive, bureaucratic, inefficient, and corrupt. For-profit businesses are criticized for being exploitative, rewarding greed, lacking in human compassion, and producing socially unjust outcomes. Whether true or not, these perceptions have led to an increasingly passionate search for a new approach and a proliferation of new buzzwords: “third way,” “new middle,” “social innovation,” and “social entrepreneurship.” It is essentially a hope that social entrepreneurship will occupy the space between the market and the state, offering an effective combination of private structure and public purpose.1 A vast array of organizations—hospitals, universities, professional organizations, development organizations, environmental groups, community associations, soup kitchens, and many more—do try to fulfill societal needs.

Keywords: Civil Society; Governance Mechanism; Social Entrepreneurship; Public Organization; Food Assistance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230120235_8

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