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Social Capital and Enterprise in the Modern State

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Editors:
  1. Éidín Ní Shé

    1. University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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  2. Lorelle J. Burton

    1. University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia

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  3. Patrick Alan Danaher

    1. University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia

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  • Examines the complex developments in debates about tthe contemporary state, the character of capital and enterprise, and what is understood by “the social” in current discourses, policies and strategies

  • Provides a conceptually informed, methodologically rigorous and practically grounded set of propositions for sustaining social enterprise and progressing a genuinely enabling state

  • Appeals to students and scholars of public policy, government, business, cultural studies, psychology, social enterprises, social work, sociology and town planning

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  3. Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43
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    2. The Residualisation of Social Housing in Australia and Its Impacts on Older Tenants

      • Alan Morris
      Pages 45-59

    3. Stewarding Change? A Discussion About the METRO Care Model in Regional Australia

      • Matthew Gregg, Éidín Ní Shé, Lorelle J. Burton
      Pages 61-74

    4. From Absorption to Inclusion: The Evolution of Irish State Policy on Travellers

      • Anne Boyle, Marie Flynn, Joan Hanafin
      Pages 75-115

    5. Local Governments and Social Enterprise: Meeting Community Challenges Together?

      • Catherine Hastings, John Weate
      Pages 117-146

    6. No One Wakes Up Wanting to Be Homeless: A Case Study in Applied Creative Writing

      • Francesca Rendle-Short, Ronnie Scott, Stayci Taylor, Michelle Aung Thin, Melody Ellis
      Pages 147-163

    7. ‘Shooting the Filigreed Breeze’: Reconsidering Older Men’s Trust Relations in Digital Social Enterprise

      • Lisa McDonald
      Pages 165-179

    8. Gender-differentiated Social and Human Capital and the Use of Microcredit in Bangladeshi Female Entrepreneurship

      • Muntaha Rakib, Sayan Chakrabarty, Stephen Winn
      Pages 181-202

    9. Social Enterprise and CALD Refugee Settlement Experience

      • Eric Kong, Sue Bishop, Eddy Iles
      Pages 203-225

    10. Becoming and Being a Social Entrepreneur in Regional Australia: What Can Be Learned and Shared

      • Luke Terry, Marian Lewis
      Pages 227-238

    11. The Thrive Programme at Toowoomba Clubhouse: Building Social Connections and Reducing Stigma Experiences for People with a Lived Experience of Mental Illness

      • Sueanne M. Gola, Lorelle J. Burton
      Pages 239-257

    12. Men of Business ‘Pay it Forward’ Program: A Model for Building Social Capital in Disenfranchised Youth in High Schools

      • Lorelle J. Burton, Éidín Ní Shé, Sue Olliver
      Pages 259-275

    13. Clemente Toowoomba Programme: Enabling Pathways to Higher Education and Employment for Marginalised People in Community

      • Rebecca J. Lane, Lorelle J. Burton, Gavin Beccaria
      Pages 277-301

    14. Democratising Economies Through Place-Based Thinking

      • Patricia Inman
      Pages 303-314

    15. Afterword: Issues and Implications

      • Glen David Postle
      Pages 315-326

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 327-329
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About this book

Given the global crises confronting the world today, it is important to interrogate the notion of “the modern state” and to evaluate its effectiveness in providing security and services for its populations, including the most disadvantaged and vulnerable. This book investigates the modern state’s capacity to serve its constituents by examining the organisations that facilitate two key elements of contemporary living: social capital and social enterprise. These elements are explored in a series of rich case studies located in Australia, Ireland and Bangladesh, with broader implications for policy and practice in the rest of the world. The case studies highlight the growing importance of social enterprise and social entrepreneurship in fostering social capital and in contributing to the idea of “the enabling state”. This book will appeal to researchers, policy-makers and community leaders working in business, education, employment pathways, homelessness, housing, local government, mental health, public administration and refugee resettlement.                                                                                                                                             

Editors and Affiliations

  • University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Éidín Ní Shé

  • University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia

    Lorelle J. Burton, Patrick Alan Danaher

About the editors

Éidín Ní Shé is Research Scientist – Health Systems in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems at University College Dublin, Ireland. Her previous academic and research appointments were at the University of Technology Sydney, the University of Southern Queensland and the University of Melbourne, Australia; and the University of Limerick, Ireland. 


Lorelle J. Burton is Professor of Psychology in the School of Psychology and Counselling, and Associate Dean (Students) in the Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences, at the Toowoomba campus of the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. She is also the Independent Chair of the Headspace Toowoomba Consortium. 


Patrick Alan Danaher is Associate Dean (Research and Research Training) in the Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts at the Toowoomba campus of the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. He is also currently an Adjunct Professor in the School of Education and the Arts at CQUniversity, Australia. 
                                           

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Social Capital and Enterprise in the Modern State

  • Editors: Éidín Ní Shé, Lorelle J. Burton, Patrick Alan Danaher

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68115-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-68114-6Published: 02 March 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09822-3Published: 08 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-68115-3Published: 22 February 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 329

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Public Policy

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