Irish rural social enterprises and the national policy framework

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dc.contributor.authorOlmedo, Lucasen
dc.contributor.authorVan Twuijver, Maraen
dc.contributor.authorO'Shaughnessy, Maryen
dc.contributor.authorSloane, Alanen
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-31T11:34:58Z
dc.date.available2025-01-31T11:34:58Z
dc.date.issued2021en
dc.description.abstractThere is a growing recognition of the role that social enterprises play in rural areas. In Ireland this is formally acknowledged in recent social enterprises and rural development policies which commit to developing a suite of supports to realise the potential of social enterprises and strengthen their contribution to place-based sustainable rural development. However, these policies offer a generalised approach to social enterprises, compounded to date by the considerable gaps in our knowledge of these organisations. The main purpose of this article is to fill a gap in our understanding of Irish rural social enterprises. Using Defourny & Nyssens' meso-level framework (2017), this paper presents an analysis of surveys completed by 258 Irish rural social enterprises. Our findings illustrate five clusters which represent different types of Irish rural social enterprises. The findings confirm the validity of applying a meso-level approach for capturing in-country heterogeneity within the social enterprise sector and for informing policy supports for these significant actors in place-based sustainable rural development. © 2021 Lucas Olmedo et al., published by Sciendo.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationOlmedo, L., van Twuijver, M., O’Shaughnessy, M. and Sloane, A. (2021) 'Irish rural social enterprises and the national policy framework', Administration, 69(4), pp.9-37. https://doi.org/10.2478/admin-2021-0026en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2478/admin-2021-0026en
dc.identifier.endpage37en
dc.identifier.issn0001-8325en
dc.identifier.issued4
dc.identifier.journaltitleAdministrationen
dc.identifier.startpage9en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/16940
dc.identifier.volume69
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSciendoen
dc.rights© 2021, the Authors. This work is made available under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectIrish policyen
dc.subjectPlace-based developmenten
dc.subjectRuralen
dc.subjectSocial enterprisesen
dc.subjectSurveyen
dc.titleIrish rural social enterprises and the national policy frameworken
dc.typeArticle (peer reviewed)en
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