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The Social Economy: Alternative Ways of Thinking about Capitalism and Welfare

By Ash Amin

Book information

Publisher
Zed books
Year
2009
ISBN
1848132816, 9781848132818
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1524935 bytes)
Pages
288\277
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book gathers together material on the social economy from around the world.  The Social Economy is a topic of considerable contemporary research and policy interest. From creches to environmental services, from consumer cooperatives to social housing, governments in many countries have begun to introduce legislation to support social enterprises. Taking case studies from Australasia, Europe, North America and Latin America, this book outlines the different ways that the social economy takes place according to locally specific factors. It argues that, against the low expectations of some critics in many countries the case evidence is plentiful that social enterprise work compares favorably with the best experience in the state and private sector.

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