Towards Just and Sustainable Economies : : The Social and Solidarity Economy North and South /

Towards Just and Sustainable Economies : : The Social and Solidarity Economy North and South / / 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,...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.) :; 14 Black and White
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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