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Re-embedding the ethnic business agenda

De Montfort University, Leicester

Monder Ram

De Montfort University, Leicester, mram{at}dmu.ac.uk

There has been a flurry of interest from academics and policy-makers alike in the growing phenomenon of ethnic minority entrepreneurship. Despite theoretical advances, there is a lingering tendency to isolate ethnic minority enterprise from the context in which it operates. This article argues for a re-embedding of ethnic minority owned firms in a broader, and longer established, tradition of small business ownership. A more `integrated' analysis is required for an adequate exposition of the different trajectories of ethnic minorities in self-employment, and also for the growing number of policy-makers engaged in supporting such businesses.

Key Words: ethnic minority enterprise • re-embedding • small firms

Work, Employment & Society, Vol. 21, No. 3, 439-457 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0950017007080007


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