Entrepreneurship for Deprived Communities by Nikolai Mouraviev

Author:Nikolai Mouraviev
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781789739879
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Published: 2019-09-24T16:00:00+00:00

Theoretical Model

This chapter makes use of Lukes' (1974, 2005) three-dimensional theory of power and connects it with the concepts of disposition and habitus in the cosmopolitan environment. Power refers to ‘agents' abilities to bring about significant effects, specifically by furthering their own interests and/or affecting the interests of others, whether positively or negatively’ (Lukes, 2005, pp. 64–65). One of the critical issues that Lukes (2005) investigates is how the powerful secure the willing compliance of those they dominate. The note about willing compliance is directly linked to the cosmopolitan environment and cosmopolitan mindset, as both cannot evolve without the voluntary engagement of entrepreneurs who are willing to do business internationally and are comfortable with moving around the world in order to take advantage of newly opened business opportunities.

The three-dimensional theory of power forms the conceptual foundation for this chapter. It draws specifically on the third dimension of power and applies power elite's preference-shaping capacity to the urban environment that demonstrates cosmopolitan features. Nourished by power holders, the cosmopolitan environment becomes an attractive and fruitful field for entrepreneurs who both benefit from this environment and contribute to furthering it. Entrepreneurs' disposition and habitus materialise in the cosmopolitan environment and become part of it, while the power holders use disposition in order to enhance habitus and transform entrepreneurs' acquiescence into willing compliance with the preferences established by the elite. Fig. 5.1 shows the key concepts that this chapter employs.

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