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date: 11 December 2019

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This article examines the concepts of social enterprise and social entrepreneurs in relation to civil society. It explains that social entrepreneurship represents one of the most notable innovations in global civil society in recent times while social entrepreneurs represent a new generation of civil society actors who are driven to address the systemic problems facing the world today. It also explains the scope and institutional drivers of social entrepreneurship.

Keywords: social enterprise, social entrepreneurs, civil society, systemic problems, institutional drivers

Alex Nicholls

Alex Nicholls is University Lecturer in Social Entrepreneurship at the Said Business School and Fellow in Management at Harris Manchester College at the University of Oxford.

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