Mario Vázquez Maguirre, Luis Portales, Isabelle Velásquez Bellido

Abstract

The aim of this article is to explore the mechanisms by which indigenous social enterprises contribute to a rural community’s sustainable development and improves the quality of life of its inhabitants. The work follows a qualitative methodology and uses the case study as a research technique. The research suggests that social enterprise uses four main mechanisms to promote rural sustainable development in the community where it operates: labor as a source of quality of life, gender equality, sustainable exploitation of the resources, and the equitable distribution of benefits between the economic, social and environmental dimensions.

Keywords

Social entrepreneurship, social enterprise, sustainable development, quality of life, indigenous communities, gender equality, Peru, Mexico

From: Critical Sociology 2018 44 (2)

Editor: Wang Yi