Towards Just and Sustainable Economies : : The Social and Solidarity Economy North and South / / ed. by Peter North, Molly Scott Cato.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• MitwirkendeR: Alves, Luiz Roberto,; Azzellini, Dario,; Becerra, Lucas,; Bernardes, Marco Aurelio,; Cato, Molly Scott,; Chatterton, Paul,; Ciancanelli, Penelope,; Coraggio, José Luis,; Cumbers, Andrew,; Dinerstein, Ana Cecilia,; Fasenfest, David,; Germani, Guiomar Inez,; Imbirussú, Erica,; Matarazzo-Neuberger, Waverli Maia,; Neto, Victor Gil,; North, Peter,; Primavera, Heloisa H.,; Raffaelli, Paola,; Singer, Paul I.,; Sitrin, Marina,; Thomas, Hernán,; da Costa, Reinaldo Pacheco,; de Oliveira, Gilca Garcia,
• HerausgeberIn: North, Peter,; Scott Cato, Molly,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 14 Black and White
• Other title: Front Matter --; Contents --; List of figures and tables --; Notes on contributors --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction: new economies North and South – sharing the transition to a just and sustainable future --; Theoretical perspectives on the social and solidarity economy --; Towards a new economics: concepts and experiences from Latin America --; Monsieur le Capital and Madame la Terre on the brink --; Co-construction or prefiguration? The problem of the ‘translation’ of social and solidarity economy practices into policy --; Transitioning towards low carbon solidarity economies? --; The social and solidarity economy as a site of social innovation --; Innovation, cooperatives and inclusive development: rethinking technological change and social inclusion --; Brazil’s social economic incubators --; The role of universities in the sustainable evolution of solidarity economies --; Fundos de Pasto: Community governance of common resources in north-east Brazil --; The social and solidarity economy and the state --; The Danish low carbon transition and the prospects for the democratic economy --; Solidarity economy policy dialogue in Latin America: transferring Argentine experience of social currency to Brazil --; Twenty-first century socialism? Venezuela’s solidarity, social, popular and communal economy --; Policy translation between North and South --; Being a Zapatista wherever you are: reflections on academic-activist practice from Latin America to the UK --; Living sín patrón: lessons from Argentina’s societies in movement --; The social and solidarity economy in Argentina and the UK: convergence from opposite directions --; Conclusion: lessons learned and tensions exposed --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781447327257; 9783111196633
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Peter North, Molly Scott Cato.

With capitalism in crisis - rising inequality, unsustainable resource depletion and climate change all demanding a new economic model - the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) has been suggested as an alternative. What can contribute in terms of generating livelihoods that provide a dignified life, meeting of social needs and building of sustainable futures? What can activists in both the global North and South learn from each other? In this volume academics from a range of disciplines and from a number of European and Latin American countries come together to question what it means to have a 'sustainable society' and to ask what role these alternative economies can play in developing convivial, humane and resilient societies, raising some challenging questions for policy-makers and citizens alike.