In recent decades, governments have promoted social enterprise as a means to address welfare and tackle disadvantage. Early academic work on social enterprises reflected this development and engaged with their ability to deliver and create jobs, work towards remedial environmental goals, and address a range of societal challenges. More recently, researchers have started to investigate the broader potential of social enterprise for the wellbeing of people and the planet.
In this context, this book aims to answer the question: In what ways can social enterprises improve the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities? The chapters in this edited collection take different perspectives on assessing how social enterprises address disadvantage and deliver health and wellbeing impacts. Drawing on evidence from international research studies, Social Enterprise, Health, and Wellbeing: Theory, Methods, and Practice presents the ‘first wave’ of innovative research on this topic and provides a platform of evidence to inspire the next generation of scholarly and policy interest.
Drawing on the cutting edge of interdisciplinary research in the field, this book will be of interest to researchers, academics, policymakers, and students in the fields of entrepreneurship, public and social policy, community development, public health, human geography, and urban planning.
1. Social Enterprise, health and wellbeing: a timely topic for uncertain times? Michael J. Roy, Jane Farmer and James M. Mandiberg Section 1. Applying Theory for Insights 2. Social enterprises as spaces of wellbeing: a spatial and relational exploration of where and how wellbeing realises Tracy De Cotta, Jane Farmer, Peter Kamstra, Viktoria Adler, Chris Brennan-Horley and Sarah-Anne Munoz 3. Transcending social enterprise understandings – wellbeing, livelihoods and interspecies solidarity in transformation to postgrowth societies Eeva Houtbeckers 4. Community wellbeing and social enterprise: Place, visibility and social capital Sue Kilpatrick and Sherridan Emery 5. Community economies of wellbeing: how social enterprises contribute to ‘surviving well together’ Katharine McKinnon and Melissa Kennedy Section 2. Extending Methodological Frontiers 6. Spatialising wellbeing through Social Enterprise: approaches, representations and processes Chris Brennan-Horley, Tracy De Cotta, Peter Kamstra and Viktoria Adler 7. WISE working conditions matter for health and wellbeing Aurora Elmes 8. Designing Work Integration Social Enterprises that impact the health and well-being of people living with serious mental illnesses: an intervention mapping approach Terry Krupa, Rosemary Lysaght and Michael J. Roy 9. ""They See People in Need and Want to Help"": Social Enterprise and Wellbeing in Rural Communities Sarah-Anna Munoz Section 3. New Insights for Practice 10. How do social enterprises impact upon health and wellbeing? Some lessons from CommonHealth Gillian Murray, Michael J. Roy, Rachel Baker and Cam Donaldson 11. How do social enterprises influence health equities? A comparative case analysis Jo Barraket, Batool Moussa, Perri Campbell and Roksolana Suchowerska 12. Working with care: Work Integration Social Enterprise Practitioner Labour Perri Campbell, Viktoria Adler and Jane Farmer, Jo Barraket, Roksolana Suchowerska and Joanne McNeill 13. Meeting People Where They’re at: Building an Inclusive Workplace for Disabled People Jillian Scott and Rob Wilton 14. Beyond the state of the art: where do we go next on the topic of social enterprise, health and wellbeing? Michael J. Roy and Jane Farmer
Michael J. Roy is Professor of Economic Sociology and Social Policy at the Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. Jane Farmer is Professor and the Foundation Director of the Social Innovation Research Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.
