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BUILDING SOCIAL CAPITAL FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Author(s) -
WESTLUND Hans,
GAWELL Malin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
annals of public and cooperative economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.526
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1467-8292
pISSN - 1370-4788
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8292.2011.00456.x
Subject(s) - social capital , monopoly , entrepreneurship , civil society , private capital , capital (architecture) , social entrepreneurship , private sector , economic growth , business , public relations , economics , political science , finance , market economy , sociology , social science , history , foreign direct investment , archaeology , politics , law , macroeconomics
By entrepreneurial combinations of voluntary resources, project means from public and private sources, commissions on contracts and other ways of financing, the youth house Fryshuset, with a great number of social activities for primarily young people in Stockholm, Sweden, has been able to allocate resources for establishing and expanding its activities. This development would not have been possible without struggle against established norms, values, traditions and institutions, not least the ‘close to monopoly’ that the public sector in practice was having on the fields in which Fryshuset emerged. Step by step, Fryshuset has built partnerships and alliances with public, private as well as civil actors. Expressed in a general way, Fryshuset has built a new social capital and created new norms and values. The aim of the paper is to investigate how Fryshuset has managed to build social capital through, and for entrepreneurial efforts aiming to facilitate young peoples’ development.