Друштвено предузетништво и особе с инвалидитетом
Social entrepreneurship and people with disabilities

Author(s): Ljubinka Lazić, Deana Đekić
Subject(s): National Economy, Social development, Economic development, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: CENTAR MODERNIH ZNANJA
Keywords: social entrepreneurship; people with disabilities; social inclusion;
Summary/Abstract: Considering that people with disabilities in society are often on the margins of the labor market, engaging in social entrepreneurship is a way of achieving their employment and social activism in order to provide means of livelihood and participation in social development. The aim of this paper is to point out the importance of social entrepreneurship with special reference to examples of the actualization of entrepreneurship of people with disabilities. For people with disabilities, social entrepreneurship offers the possibility of social and economic inclusion, utilization of abilities, raising the quality of life, realizing creative and innovative ideas, as well as making a personal contribution to social life and development. Precisely because of thаt, this paper deals with concrete examples of employment of people with disabilities through the concept of social entrepreneurship. For this purpose, the methods of interviews and qualitative analysis were applied to examples of social enterprises that work according to the concept of social entrepreneurship for people with disabilities.

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