Social and solidarity economy beyond the fringe
As economic crises, growing inequality and climate change prompt a global debate on the meaning and trajectory of development, increasing attention is focusing on 'social and solidarity economy' as a distinctive approach to sustainable and rights-based development. While we are beginning t...
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| Médium: | E-kniha Kniha |
| Jazyk: | English |
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London
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2015
Zed Books Bloomsbury Publishing Bloomsbury Academic & Professional |
| Vydanie: | 1 |
| Edícia: | Just sustainabilities |
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| ISBN: | 9781783603459, 1783603445, 9781783603442, 1783603453, 9781783603473, 178360347X |
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- Social and solidarity economy: beyond the fringe -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Preface -- Introduction: The Challenge of Scaling Up Social and Solidarity Economy -- Part I: History, Theory and Strategy -- 1. Social and Solidarity Economy in Historical Perspective -- 2. Prometheus, Trojan Horse or Frankenstein? Appraising the Social and Solidarity Economy -- 3. Beyond The Business Case: A Community Economies Approach to Gender, Development and Social Economy -- 4. Can Social and Solidarity Economy Organisations Complement or Replace Publicly Traded Companies? -- 5. Scaling the Social and Solidarity Economy: Opportunities and Limitations of Fairtrade Practice -- 6. The Potential and Limits of Farmers’ Marketing Groups as Catalysts for Rural Development -- 7. Institutionalising the Social and Solidarity Economy in Latin America -- 8. Rebuilding Solidarity-driven Economies after Neoliberalism: The Role of Cooperatives and Local Developmental States in Latin America -- 9. Enabling the Social and Solidarity Economy through the Co-Construction of Public Policy -- Part II: Collective Action and Solidarity in Practice -- 10. Beyond Alternative Food Networks: Italy’s Solidarity Purchase Groups and the United States’ Community Economies -- 11. Social and Solidarity Investment in Microfinance -- 12. Balancing Growth and Solidarity in Community Currency Systems: The Case of the Trueque in Argentina -- 13. State and SSE Partnerships in Social Policy and Welfare Regimes: The Case of Uruguay -- 14. Extending Social Protection in Health through SSE: Possibilities and Challenges in West Africa -- 15. Enabling Agricultural Cooperatives in Uganda: The Role of Public Policy and the State -- 16. Embeddedness and the Dynamics of Growth: The Case of the Amul Cooperative, India -- 17. Taking Solidarity Seriously: Analysing Kerala’s Kudumbashree as a Women’s SSE Experiment -- 18. Demonstrating the Power of Numbers: Gender, Solidarity and Group Dynamics in Community Forestry Institutions -- Notes -- About the Contributors -- Bibliography -- Index.
- Front Cover -- Just Sustainabilities -- About the Editor -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Preface -- Introduction: The Challenge of Scaling Up Social and Solidarity Economy -- Introduction -- About this book -- Part I: History, Theory and Strategy -- 1: Social and Solidarity Economy in Historical Perspective -- Introduction -- Market and Solidarity in Nineteenth-Century Europe -- Bringing in The Twentieth-Century State -- Crisis, Civil Society and Social Innovation -- Social and Solidarity Economy: A New Twenty-First-Century Synergy? -- The Challenges of Realising Democratic Solidarity -- Conclusion: Towards Democratic Solidarity -- 2: Prometheus, Trojan Horse or Frankenstein? Appraising the Social and Solidarity Economy -- Introduction -- Defining the SSE -- Theorising the SSE -- Connecting The Dots: Liberal Philosophy and the SSE -- Economics: The Playground of Liberal Assumptions -- The SSE in Action: Thinking beyond the Individual -- Conclusion: Towards an Ethical Value-Added Framework -- 3: Beyond The Business Case: A Community Economies Approach to Gender, Development and Social Economy -- Introduction -- The Business Case for Gender and Development: Social Justice or 'Business as Usual'? -- Beyond the Business Case: Reimagining Economy and Development -- Taking Back the Economy -- Economic Difference -- Community Economies and Subjects-in-becoming -- Conclusion -- 4: Can Social and Solidarity Economy Organisations Complement or Replace Publicly Traded Companies? -- Introduction -- The SSE Landscape and Publicly Traded Companies -- Characteristics of SSE Organisations that Drive and Hinder Growth -- Opportunities for Growth for SSE Organisations -- Risks to SSE Organisations Associated with Growth -- Conclusion
- 11: Social and Solidarity Investment in Microfinance -- Introduction -- The Components: Microfinance and Pro-Social Investment -- Pro-Social Investment -- Microfinance, Investment and the Elements of SSE -- Conclusion -- 12: Balancing Growth and Solidarity in Community Currency Systems: The Case of the Trueque in Argentina -- Introduction -- SSE as Institutional Innovation -- Scaling Up SSE -- Scaling Up in the Trueque -- Conclusion -- 13: State and SSE Partnerships in Social Policy and Welfare Regimes: The Case of Uruguay -- Introduction -- SSE as Social Service Deliverer: Rationale and Limits -- Providing Welfare Services through NGOs and Other SSE Actors in Uruguay -- Recent Trends: From 'Retrenchment Allies' to 'Welfare Adjustment Enablers'? -- Enabling or Disabling SSE through Policy Partnerships? -- Conclusion -- 14: Extending Social Protection in Health through SSE: Possibilities and Challenges in West Africa -- Introduction -- The Development of Mutual Health Organisations in West Africa -- The Link between Public Authorities and MHOs -- Towards a New Model to Extend Social Protection in Health -- SSE Organisations as the Main Actors in the Extension of Social Health Protection in West Africa -- Conclusion -- 15: Enabling Agricultural Cooperatives in Uganda: The Role of Public Policy and the State -- Introduction -- The Development of Agricultural Cooperatives -- Contemporary Cooperative Structure, Activities and Challenges -- Enabling Cooperatives: Key Issues and Challenges for the State -- Further Challenges for Government -- Conclusions and Policy Implications -- 16: Embeddedness and the Dynamics of Growth: The Case of the Amul Cooperative, India -- Introduction -- Background to the Case Study -- The Growth of Amul -- Conclusion -- 17: Taking Solidarity Seriously: Analysing Kerala's Kudumbashree as a Women's SSE Experiment
- Kudumbashree: A State-Wide Anti-Poverty Programme -- Agency and Solidarity -- Kudumbashree: An Emerging Social and Solidarity Economy? -- Conclusion: Challenges and Future Directions -- 18: Demonstrating the Power of Numbers: Gender, Solidarity and Group Dynamics in Community Forestry Institutions -- Introduction -- Some Conceptual Issues -- The Impact of Numbers: Data and Findings -- Enhancing Women's Presence, Voice and Influence -- Conclusions -- Notes -- About the Contributors -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover
- 5: Scaling the Social and Solidarity Economy: Opportunities and Limitations of Fairtrade Practice -- Introduction -- What Does Scaling the SSE Mean? -- The Potential Contributions of Ft to Scaling the SSE -- Limits of FT as a Vehicle for Scaling the SSE -- Conclusion -- 6: The Potential and Limits of Farmers' Marketing Groups as Catalysts for Rural Development -- Introduction -- The Nature and Impacts of Agricultural Cooperatives -- Structural Tensions Affecting Agricultural Cooperatives -- Coping with Tensions in Farmers' Organisations -- Conclusion -- 7: Institutionalising the Social and Solidarity Economy in Latin America -- Introduction -- Three Countries, Three Processes -- The Reality and Prospects of SSE: A Comparative Perspective -- Conclusion -- 8: Rebuilding Solidarity-driven Economies after Neoliberalism: The Role of Cooperatives and Local Developmental States in Latin America -- Introduction -- Cooperative Enterprises as the Core of the SSE Model -- Cooperative Enterprise Development as an Aspect of Local Economic Development Policy -- The LDS Model and Cooperative Enterprise Development in Latin America -- Conclusion -- 9: Enabling the Social and Solidarity Economy through the Co-Construction of Public Policy -- Introduction -- Findings: Why Co-Construction? -- Requirements for Effective Co-Construction -- Conclusion -- Part II: Collective Action and Solidarity in Practice -- 10: Beyond Alternative Food Networks: Italy's Solidarity Purchase Groups and the United States' Community Economies -- Introduction -- The Emergence of Solidarity Purchase Groups in Italy -- Solidarity Purchase Groups as Family-Driven Collectives -- Re-Embedding The Economy into Society -- Solidarity Purchase Groups as Laboratories for Sustainable Citizenship -- Conclusion: Towards an Agenda for Comparative Analysis