The role of social entrepreneurship in post-Katrina community recovery

摘要

This article explores the role of social entrepreneurship in post-Katrina community recovery. Relying on interviews with a wide variety of stakeholders, including residents, business owners and managers, church pastors, non-profit directors and employees and rental property owners, we conclude that social entrepreneurs perform several key factors after a disaster. These includerna helping to solve the collective action problem associated with deciding tornreturn and rebuild b organising and engaging in outreach, activism and advocacy on behalf ofrntheir communities c directly assisting in rebuilding efforts and providing essential services.rnWe also pay special attention to how some of these efforts are being frustrated by policy makers and officials.