The emergence and contested growth of social enterprise in Thailand. Issue 2 (4th May 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Doherty, Bob; Kittipanya-Ngam, Pichawadee
• Is Part Of: Journal of Asian public policy. Volume 14:Issue 2(2021)
• Page Start: 251
• Page End: 271
• Publication Date: 2021-05-04
• Subjects: Social Enterprise -- social entrepreneur -- networks -- private-public policy interventions -- co-optation; Asia -- Economic policy -- Periodicals; Asia -- Government policy -- Periodicals; 320.6095
• DOI: 10.1080/17516234.2020.1777628
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1751-6234

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This paper investigates the development of the Social Enterprise (SE) in Thailand. Emerging from the non-profit sector in the 1970s, Thailand is now experiencing the development of new state-private policy interventions to stimulate development of SE. We combine the work of Kerlin on the socio-economic environment with the theories of market creation from economic sociology. We pinpoint for the first time the key institutions, networks, cognitive framings and policy initiatives of SE emergence and development in Thailand. In addition, we identify a new country type Social Enterprise Semi Strategic Diverse model form, we term an Authoritarian State-Corporate model.