Towards just and sustainable economies : the social and solidarity economy north and south / edited by Peter North and Molly Scott Cato.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

North, Peter, 1962- editor.

Cato, Molly Scott, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development--Social aspects.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 317 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2017.

Summary:

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 alternative social and solidarity economies can play.

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

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Apr 2022).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4473-2726-8

1-4473-2724-1

1-4473-2725-X

OCLC:

1032363328