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- Public policy, policy-making and social entrepreneurship : the case of Portugal and the UKPublication . Santos, Isabel Maria Ribeiro Oliveira; Bicho, Marta Liliana NunesThis study aims to explain how governments engage in policy-making and construct public policy for social entrepreneurship, based on the experiences of two countries, Portugal, and the UK. Also, it explains how different policy scopes influence the country’s policy. Social entrepreneurship is increasingly drawing attention from researchers, communities, and policy-makers. Government’s support has been key for developing social entrepreneurship in Portugal and UK, which actively implement policy and institutional frameworks regarding this phenomenon. However, research has yet to explain how they engage in public policy and policy-making for social entrepreneurship. We’ve collected and analysed more than 200 policy documents from Portugal and the UK, in order to build a conceptual framework, as well as gather data to determine the policy scope. The findings suggest that public policy and policy-making for social entrepreneurship comprise four dimensions: policy-making, government action, social entrepreneurship legitimacy and social entrepreneurship sustainability. Both countries present different levels of policy development, with the UK on a mature stage, and Portugal on a growing path. Findings also suggested the UK focuses on primary public policy and Portugal on secondary public policy for social entrepreneurship. This study contributes to theory and practice since it establishes for the first time a comprehensive conceptual framework explaining how public policy and policy-making are done at the national level. The conceptual framework also contributes for social entrepreneurs to better understand the process and allows them to do more informed decision-making on the long-term, as well as establishing a starting point for future research.