Researching the Social Economy / / ed. by Laurie Mook, Jack Quarter, Sherida Ryan.

Researching the Social Economy is one of the first comprehensive research collections on the social economy in Canada. While the term "social economy" is used widely is Western Europe and Quebec, it has had minimal currency in English Canada, where the differences between the public and pr...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2010
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Contributors
  • 1. What's in a Name?
  • 2. A Portrait of the Ontario Social Economy
  • 3. The Social Economy in Quebec: Towards a New Political Economy
  • 4. The Social Economy in Europe: Trends and Challenges
  • 6. A Comparative Analysis of Voluntary Sector/Government Relations in Canada and England
  • 6. Capturing Complexity: The Ontario Government Relationship with the Social Economy Sector
  • 7. Notes in the Margins: The Social Economy in Economics and Business Textbooks
  • 8. Mandatory High School Community Service in Ontario: Assessing and Improving Its Impact
  • 9. Strategic Partnerships: Community Climate Change Partners and Resilience to Funding Cuts
  • 10. The Online Social Economy: Canadian Nonprofits and the Internet
  • 11. Corporate Participation in the Social Economy: Employer- Supported Volunteering Programs in Canada's Financial Institutions
  • 12. Work Stoppages in Canadian Social Economy Organizations
  • 13. Organic Farmers and the Social Economy: Positive Synergies for Community Development
  • 14. On the Challenges of Inclusion and the Co-operative Movement for Francophone Immigrants in Ontario
  • 15. Conclusion