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dc.contributor.authorJennings, Peter L.*
dc.contributor.authorPerren, L.*
dc.date.accessioned2009-10-19T13:14:09Z
dc.date.available2009-10-19T13:14:09Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.citationJennings, P.L. and Perren, L. (2005). Government discourses on entrepreneurship: Issues of subjugation, legitimisation and power. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 173-184.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10454/3684
dc.descriptionNoen
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.relation.isreferencedbyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6520.2005.00075.xen
dc.subjectEntrepreneurshipen
dc.subjectMarket-driven ideologyen
dc.subjectNew business venturesen
dc.subjectEntrepreneurial subjugationen
dc.titleGovernment discourses on entrepreneurship: Issues of subjugation, legitimisation and power.en
dc.status.refereedYesen
dc.typeArticleen
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