Is older entrepreneurship being silenced? A policy analysis of Finnish government programmes

This post-structural policy analysis examines Finnish government programmes through the lens of neoliberal governmentality and the concepts of the entrepreneurial self and active ageing. In the context of Finland, as a Nordic welfare state in transition to a competition-state model, this study exami...

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Published in:Entrepreneurship and regional development 2023-10, Vol.35 (9-10), p.746-761
Main Authors: Kupiainen, Paula, Komulainen, Katri, Eriksson, Päivi, Räty, Hannu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
active ageing
ageing workforce
Aging
entrepreneurial self
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Government
Governmentality
Marginality
Neoliberalism
older entrepreneurship
Older people
Older workers
Policy analysis
Political power
post-structural policy analysis
silence
Welfare state
Workforce
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Summary:This post-structural policy analysis examines Finnish government programmes through the lens of neoliberal governmentality and the concepts of the entrepreneurial self and active ageing. In the context of Finland, as a Nordic welfare state in transition to a competition-state model, this study examines how government programmes construct an ageing workforce, especially regarding older entrepreneurship. The results suggest that older people are not only constructed as a difficult-to-employ workforce but also as passive and vulnerable care recipients. Furthermore, as a construction, older entrepreneurship is absent from the studied documents, suggesting that the older entrepreneurship is a marginalized group that has been silenced. This article increases knowledge about this silencing in terms of governmentality and provides perspectives via which to develop a more inclusive entrepreneurship policy.
ISSN:0898-5626
1464-5114
DOI:10.1080/08985626.2023.2225035