The volume is the product of a research project led by Bjo ¨ rn Bjerke at Linnaeus University and financed by the Swedish Knowledge Foundation. This is a book that takes the time to delve in more detailed conceptual analysis. Voluntas (2015) 26:721–723 DOI 10.1007/s1126-6 BOOK REVIEW Bjo ¨ rn Bjerke and Mathias Karlsson: Social Entrepreneurship: To Act as if and Make a Difference Edward Elgar Publishing, Celtenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA, 2013, 208 pp, £58.50, ISBN: 9781781006979, eISBN: Maria-Carmen Pantea Published online: 1 October 2014 International Society for Third-Sector Research and The Johns Hopkins University 2014 Concepts from the semantic field of social, civic, and public entrepreneurship are often used, celebrated, and rarely examined comparatively. VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer Journals The authors start by considering two major orientations in understanding social entrepreneurship: the narrow, economic view (often referred to as ‘the American approach’) and the broad meaning (the so called ‘Scandinavian perspective’) (Chapter 1). The last four are broader analyses that look into issues of local governance, community development, and the role of social capital in (social) entrepreneurship. The first five chapters are largely theoretical discussions of main concepts.
The book is structured on nine chapters and four appendices.
Björn Bjerke and Mathias Karlsson: Social Entrepreneurship: To Act as if and Make a Difference Björn Bjerke and Mathias Karlsson: Social Entrepreneurship: To Act as if and Make a Difference
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