Government Discourses on Entrepreneurship: Issues of Subjugation, Legitimisation and Power
Government Discourses on Entrepreneurship: Issues of Subjugation, Legitimisation and Power
The belief in market-driven ideology and the assumption that new business ventures create jobs and foster innovation has embedded entrepreneurship into political discourse. Academics have analyzed government policies on entrepreneurship, but they have tended to share the same underlying beliefs in the function of entrepreneurs within the economic machine.
This article explores selected dimensions of the impact of those beliefs by using critical discourse analysis to show how government websites around the world portray entrepreneurs and their role in society. Discourses of government power and self-legitimization are revealed that manifest themselves in a colonizing discourse of entrepreneurial subjugation. The article concludes by challenging government rhetoric on entrepreneurship and questioning the motives underpinning the agenda of government involvement in supporting entrepreneurs.
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Jennings, Peter L.
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Perren, Lew
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2005
Jennings, Peter L.
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Perren, Lew
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Jennings, Peter L. and Perren, Lew
(2005)
Government Discourses on Entrepreneurship: Issues of Subjugation, Legitimisation and Power.
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 29 (2), .
(doi:10.1111/j.1540-6520.2005.00075.x).
Abstract
The belief in market-driven ideology and the assumption that new business ventures create jobs and foster innovation has embedded entrepreneurship into political discourse. Academics have analyzed government policies on entrepreneurship, but they have tended to share the same underlying beliefs in the function of entrepreneurs within the economic machine.
This article explores selected dimensions of the impact of those beliefs by using critical discourse analysis to show how government websites around the world portray entrepreneurs and their role in society. Discourses of government power and self-legitimization are revealed that manifest themselves in a colonizing discourse of entrepreneurial subjugation. The article concludes by challenging government rhetoric on entrepreneurship and questioning the motives underpinning the agenda of government involvement in supporting entrepreneurs.
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Published date: 2005
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/36816
ISSN: 1042-2587
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