Background: Social entrepreneurship started to appear in the academic research in the end of 1990´s and has since then been well discussed by researchers. They have come up with numerous of different definitions and meanings of the term, but agree that the goal for these kinds of entrepreneurs is to create social value. Purpose: Our objective with this study is to create an understanding of where social entrepreneurs acquire the necessary resources to start their social business. Research question: How do social entrepreneurs acquire the necessary resources to start their social business in Rio de Janeiro? Methodology: The study adopted a qualitative research method and semi-structured interviews have been done in order to gather data. An abductive approach has been used where the authors has gone back and forth between the theory and the empirical findings. Research findings: The social entrepreneurs that we interviewed used the following ways to acquire resources to start their social business: Social venture capitalists, social capital, human capital, cultural capital and volunteers.

This dissertation examines the development of race relations in the port district of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from abolition in 1888 until 1937. In the generation following the abolition of slavery (1888) and the proclamation of the First Republic (1889), how and why did racial democracy emerge as the founding myth of Brazilian race relations? While some scholars have seen racial democracy as an elite project accepted passively by former slaves and their descendants, this thesis argues that racial democracy cannot be understood without a recognition of the powerful role played by Afro-Brazilians in its success: a success made even more puzzling given the ongoing poverty and marginalisation of black Brazil.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1965. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Mestre -- Escola Nacional de Saude Publica, Rio de Janeiro, 1998.

Mestre -- Escola Nacional de Saude Publica, Rio de Janeiro, 1998.

Mestre -- Escola Nacional de Saude Publica, Rio de Janeiro, 1999.

Doutor -- Escola Nacional de Saude Publica, Rio de Janeiro, 1999.

Mestre -- Escola Nacional de Saude Publica, Rio de Janeiro, 1997.

Mestre -- Escola Nacional de Saude Publica, Rio de Janeiro, 1999.

Mestre -- Escola Nacional de Saude Publica, Rio de Janeiro, 1999.