Geography
Business in the public domain: The rise of social enterprises and implications for economic development planning
Document Type
Book Chapter
Abstract
My engagement with John Friedmann is perhaps less extensive than most other authors in this volume, as I left UCLA after completing my master’s degree. I nevertheless attribute my current interests on governance to his seminal work, Planning in the Public Domain (Friedmann 1987). In this chapter I wish to engage with Friedmann’s work and further his thinking by focusing on social mobilization, one of four aspects of planning theory he discussed in his book. My objective is to complement John’s insights and foresight with contemporary collective actions, which are, in many ways, proposing solutions for the future. My contribution to this debate is to demonstrate how social mobilization
takes place not just in the public domain, but also in the private domain. Contemporary evidence suggests that the state no longer has the monopoly in representing the public domain. I argue that public interests are increasingly represented by hybrid governance that involves civil society organizations, corporations, and a variety of organizations that have dual (social and economic) missions.
Publication Title
Insurgencies and Revolutions: Reflections on John Friedmann's Contributions to Planning Theory and Practice
Publication Date
2016
First Page
105
Last Page
115
ISBN
9781134824274,9781138682641
DOI
10.4324/9781315545011
Keywords
social enterprise, economic development, John Friedmann
Repository Citation
Aoyama, Yuko, "Business in the public domain: The rise of social enterprises and implications for economic development planning" (2016). Geography. 825.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_geography/825