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The article deals with a historical retrospective of the emergence of social entrepreneurship. Approaches to the definition of the concept of "social entrepreneurship" are given and characterized. They are broad, combined, and problem-oriented. According to a study by The Possibilists, today businessmen from 138 countries are not motivated to start a business for their own needs and desires, they are motivated by the goal of improving the lives of others globally and locally. This is a huge paradigm shift in the cause of business that the world is living in right now. This change can be accelerated by crisis factors, which, unfortunately, occur in society.The article also analyzes the impact of the war in Ukraine on the development of social entrepreneurship. Often in our country, social entrepreneurship exists as a volunteer or charitable organization that has limited resources. Sometimes they are created in combination with business approaches and give a more sustainable effect. The legalization of the term "social entrepreneurship" has been analyzed. In Ukraine, there are false statements about it that need to be clarified.The authors' definition of the essence of the category "social entrepreneurship" is presented. The main activities of social enterprises are listed and examples are given. The key differences between social entrepreneurship, charity, and traditional business are revealed. The characteristics of organizations engaged in social entrepreneurship are given. Current trends in the development of foreign social entrepreneurship are identified. The dynamics of the number of social enterprises in Ukraine are analyzed and the main organizational and legal forms of functioning of social enterprises in Ukraine are presented. The current problems and obstacles in social entrepreneurship are given, and the directions promoting the development of social business are defined.

El artículo tiene como objetivo identificar las barreras a las que se enfrentan las personas con discapacidad, tanto en su vida diaria como en su entorno. Usando datos de la Encuesta Nacional de Discriminación 2017, aplicamos un modelo de regresión logit multinomial. Nuestros resultados revelan que las personas en situación de discapacidad tienen menos probabilidades de acceder a servicios sociales y oportunidades educativas y de participar plenamente en el trabajo; por lo tanto, perciben menores ingresos para cubrir sus necesidades básicas. Una de las principales barreras de esta población es el diseño de la infraestructura urbana, como son las calles y banquetas, así como la falta de transporte urbano adecuado, que facilite su transportación. De igual forma, nuestro estudio indica que este grupo vulnerable tiene dificultades para para cubrir gastos en cuidados, terapias y tratamientos. Por esa razón, realizar actividades básicas como bañarse, vestirse o comer, es difícil para ellos. Los hallazgos indican que perciben inseguridad económica y discriminación. Por ello, se hace necesario la generación de políticas inclusivas que mejoren significativamente el bienestar de las personas con discapacidad.

While the basic social needs in Singapore, such as food, clothing and shelter, are met through direct government interventions and the contributions of non-governmental social service activities, there are still some vulnerable groups that need attention. SMU's Lien Centre for Social Innovation has identified six particularly vulnerable groups in a recently released report entitled, 'Unmet Social Needs in Singapore'. The paper, authored by former Nominated Member of Parliament Braema Mathi and Lien Centre research manager Sharifah Mohamed, provides recommendations on how these groups may be helped.

The authors of the handbook conclude that efforts to address poverty, inequality and unmet social needs in Singapore would be greatly enhanced by: (a) the development of locally relevant and nuanced monetary and non-monetary measures of poverty that are made publicly available; and (b) more sharing of disaggregated data from government studies and surveys. These steps would enable academics, VWOs and the public at large become more aware of the issues related to poverty and inequality in Singapore, and be placed in a better position to weigh in on debates and solutions.

Recent reforms in Swiss and German old-age insurance and family policy included elements directed at both 'old' and 'new' social needs. 'Old risks', such as old age and unemployment, are mainly covered by income-related insurance schemes for standard industrial breadwinners. By contrast, 'new' needs, such as infrastructure to reconcile work and care or insurance of atypical employment biographies, concern mainly 'new' risk groups, such as young people or women. While reforms directed at 'old risks' mainly focused on cost containment, 'new' social policies aimed at gender equality or the increase of labour-market participation. In this article, I argue that the emergence of modernizing policies covering new social needs leads to new conflict lines in social policy making, which differ from the distributional class conflict. Instead, I expect value coalitions and cross-class alliances on these policies. In addition, I argue that in a consensus-democratic institutional context, such new alliances form more easily. These hypotheses are tested with reference to recent reforms in pension and family policy in Germany and Switzerland. Coalition dynamics are examined by means of process analysis and multidimensional scaling. Empirical evidence largely confirms the hypotheses, but also points out the need for further differentiation of policies covering new social needs.