TY - JOUR
T1 - Enabling Inclusion through Alternative Discursive Formations: The regional development of Community Development Loan Funds (CDLFs) in the United Kingdom
AU - Bryson, John
AU - [No Value], [No Value]
PY - 2005/3/1
Y1 - 2005/3/1
N2 - This article explores the growth and geography of Community Development Loan Funds (CDLFs) in the UK. CDLFs usually operate locally to overcome financial exclusion by providing a mechanism that enables wider social inclusion in disadvantaged areas. The article uses two cases studies of CDLFs to show how these alternative financial institutions balance the tension between profitability versus social objectives. CDLFs are 'alternative' financial institutions as their business model is based on alternative discursive formations of profitability related to value. Combining these variables produces a complex uneven regional geography of access; complex as local CDLF availability may still imply that organizations experience financial exclusion.
AB - This article explores the growth and geography of Community Development Loan Funds (CDLFs) in the UK. CDLFs usually operate locally to overcome financial exclusion by providing a mechanism that enables wider social inclusion in disadvantaged areas. The article uses two cases studies of CDLFs to show how these alternative financial institutions balance the tension between profitability versus social objectives. CDLFs are 'alternative' financial institutions as their business model is based on alternative discursive formations of profitability related to value. Combining these variables produces a complex uneven regional geography of access; complex as local CDLF availability may still imply that organizations experience financial exclusion.
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U2 - 10.1080/0264206042000305457
DO - 10.1080/0264206042000305457
M3 - Article
SN - 1743-9507
VL - 25
SP - 273
EP - 286
JO - The Service Industries Journal
JF - The Service Industries Journal
IS - 2
ER -