Viewpoint: New Labour's limited view of social enterprise is leading to missed opportunities

By Alibeth Somers , Third Sector Online, 4 April 2007

The Government's enthusiasm for what it mistakenly sees as the ‘new idea' of social enterprise is creating artificial divisions and resentments in the third sector, says London South Bank University's Alibeth Somers

Vision, energy and perseverance are hallmarks of social entrepreneurs. As innate leaders, they see possibilities where others may not. Yet, to read Government publications over the past five years, you would get the impression they’d only just been discovered, like rare animals. This archetype doesn’t ring true for most of...