Social enterprises have developed from and within the social economy sector, which lies between the market and the State and is often associated with concepts such as ‘third sector’ and ‘nonprofit sector’. In fact the distinctive organisational forms that social enterprises adopt depend on the existing legal frameworks, on the political economy of welfare provision and on the cultural and historical traditions of non-profit development in each country. As a result, the social enterprise sector today includes both new typologies of organisations and traditional third sector organisations re-fashioned by a new entrepreneurial dynamic. In this respect, the social enterprise concept does not seek to replace concepts of the non-profit sector or social economy. Rather, it is intended to bridge these two concepts, by focusing on new entrepreneurial dynamics of civic initiatives that pursue social aims.
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