international perspectives on economic solidarity /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Ash Amin.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Zed Books,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (viii, 266 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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List of figures, tables and boxes; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Acknowledgements; Part I: Conceptual dilemmas; 1 Locating the social economy; 2 Social economy: engaging as a third system?; Part II: International evidence; 3 Building community economies in Massachusetts: an emerging model of economic development?; 4 Working for social enterprises: does it make a difference?; 5 Experimenting with economic possibilities: ethical economic decision-making in two Australian community enterprises; 6 Building community-based social enterprises in the Philippines: diverse development pathways.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book positions the social economy conceptually and normatively with the help of case evidence from a number of developed and developing countries. Uniquely, it brings together in English the work of leading scholars of the social economy who are also actively engaged in national and international policy formulation.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address
Ingram Content Group
Stock Number
3-017-9781848132832
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Social economy.
International Standard Book Number
9781848132818
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Economics-- Sociological aspects.
Human services-- Economic aspects.
Human services.
Social policy-- Economic aspects.
Social policy.
Economics-- Sociological aspects.
Ekonomi-- sociologiska aspekter.
Gemeinnütziges Unternehmen
Human services-- Economic aspects.
Human services.
Nonprofit-Bereich
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Policy.