{"id":1769,"date":"2017-02-09T13:41:12","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T18:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/?p=1769"},"modified":"2017-02-09T13:41:12","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T18:41:12","slug":"social-entrepreneurship-in-the-middle-east-old-practice-new-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/2017\/02\/09\/social-entrepreneurship-in-the-middle-east-old-practice-new-concept\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East: Old Practice, New Concept"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ssir.org\/articles\/entry\/social_entrepreneurship_in_the_middle_east_old_practice_new_concept\">https:\/\/ssir.org\/articles\/entry\/social_entrepreneurship_in_the_middle_east_old_practice_new_concept<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This article is very interesting in the sense that it provides concrete examples of\u00a0communities in other countries taking steps for the progress of social entrepreneurship. Specifically, in the Middle East, social entrepreneurs in regional communities attempt to improve the economic and social situations of their areas that usually go against the policies and regulations of their respective governments. For example, the author mentions that the lack of\u00a0an unreliable energy system from the Lebanese government spurs alternative energy social enterprises in smaller communities to create solutions that are practical to fixing the problems stemming from the government&#8217;s inattentiveness towards finding these solutions. Furthermore, another interesting point was that the author discussed that there are generally a variety of legal frameworks because of the informal nature of these organizations, which creates innovative methods for social entrepreneurs to navigate governmental\u00a0regulations, find loopholes to remain &#8220;legal&#8221; in the region, and still remain beneficial\u00a0to improve the quality of life in these areas.<\/p>\n<p>Any thoughts?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\\<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/ssir.org\/articles\/entry\/social_entrepreneurship_in_the_middle_east_old_practice_new_concept This article is very interesting in the sense that it provides concrete examples of\u00a0communities in other countries taking steps for the progress of social entrepreneurship. Specifically, in the Middle East, social entrepreneurs in regional communities attempt to improve the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/2017\/02\/09\/social-entrepreneurship-in-the-middle-east-old-practice-new-concept\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2348,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2348"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1769"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1794,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1769\/revisions\/1794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}