Open Journal of Business and Management, 2017, 5, 470-475 http://www.scirp.org/journal/ojbm ISSN Online: 2329-3292 ISSN Print: 2329-3284 DOI: 10.4236/ojbm.2017.53040 July 10, 2017 Book Review on Social Entrepreneurship and Tourism: Philosophy and Practice (Tourism on the Verge) Edited by Pauline J. Sheldon & Roberto Daniele Sayuni B. Mariki, Robert B. Modest College of Forestry, Wildlife, and Tourism, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania Abstract This book “Social Entrepreneurship and Tourism: Philosophy and Practice” edited by Pauline J. Sheldon and Roberto Daniele is a recent addition to Springer’s “Business and management” series. The book aims at advancing knowledge of tourism and social entrepreneurship. It explores the tourism so- cial entrepreneurship both in theory and practice (by using case studies from several countries), and sets forth a ground for future research and education. The book is divided into three main sections. As expected, this book would contribute to studies of tourism, entrepreneurship and/or development. Spe- cifically, the book will be eminently suitable as a text for courses to students, and of interest to academics, researchers, and those involved in tourism social entrepreneurship as it presents a wealth of information combined with a di- verse range of views on the subject. Keywords Enterprise, Entrepreneurs, Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship, Tourism With a focus of advancing knowledge of tourism and social entrepreneurship, the authors explore the tourism social entrepreneurship both in theory and practice by using case studies from different countries. The book ends by setting forth a ground for future research and education. In the introductory chapter, the authors state that “tourism exists within the turbulent world [which the author highlight as shocks and disturbing prob- lems—such as climate change, environmental degradation, economic imbalances and inequalities, social justice, and human rights], and the call for more sus- tainable, resilient and responsible tourism development is getting louder” p. 2. How to cite this paper: Mariki, S.B. and Modest, R.B. (2017) Book Review on Social Entrepreneurship and Tourism: Philosophy and Practice (Tourism on the Verge) Edi- ted by Pauline J. Sheldon & Roberto Da- niele. Open Journal of Business and Mana- gement, 5, 470-475. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojbm.2017.53040 Received: May 18, 2017 Accepted: July 7, 2017 Published: July 10, 2017 Copyright © 2017 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access