Types of social entrepreneurship: classification and problems of legal regulation

Purpose of research. The purpose of research was to classify the types of activities of social entrepreneurs provided for by the current legislation of the Russian Federation. To achieve this goal, an analysis of approaches to the formation of this classification was carried out; the practice of modern Russian social entrepreneurs was studied; the current legislation fixing the conditions for the recognition of types of entrepreneurial activity as social entrepreneurship was evaluated. Conclusions. Conclusions are drawn on the use of a mixed approach to the allocation of types of social entrepreneurship in the domestic legislation, including both quantitative and qualitative criteria and a list method for classifying types of activities. At the same time, a number of criteria and categories underlying this classification are not sufficiently correct. The article presents proposals for improving the legislation on social entrepreneurship in terms of the relevance of the criteria for classifying the activities of social entrepreneurs in relation to the goals of state support for certain areas of it, eliminating these insufficiently correct legislative formulations, including clarifying socially vulnerable categories of citizens in the context of the activities of social entrepreneurs.

social entrepreneurship, small and medium-sized entrepreneurship, types of activities, classification, socially vulnerable categories of citizens, employment, socially useful purposes