Researching the social economy
By: edited by Laurie Mook, Jack Quarter, and Sherida Ryan
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9780802099532
Subjects: Sociological aspects; Partenariat public-privé; Cooperative societies; Nonprofit organizations; Economics; Coopératives; Public-private sector cooperation; Développement communautaire; Community development; Économie sociale; Voluntarism; Associations sans but lucratif; Bénévolat
Description: "Researching the Social Economy is one of the first comprehensive research collections on the social economy in Canada. While the term "social economy" is used widely is Western Europe and Quebec, it has had minimal currency in English Canada, where the differences between the public and private sectors and among nonprofits, co-operatives, social enterprises, and community economic development organizations have been emphasized.

The contributions to this volume, flowing from an inter-regional and international network of scholars and community organizations, analyze how the social economy, in its many manifestations, interacts with and shares commonalities with organizations in the other sectors of the economy. Taken as a whole, Researching the Social Economy enriches our understanding of how this important cluster of organizations contributes to Canadian society in both economic and social terms, and lays the groundwork for future study."--pub. desc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: What's in a Name? / Laurie Mook, Jack Quarter, and Sherida Ryan; title: A Portrait of the Ontario Social Economy / David M. Lasby and Michael H. Hall; title: The Social Economy in Quebec: Towards a New Political Economy / Marguerite Mendell and Nancy Neamtan; title: The Social Economy in Europe: Trends and Challenges / Roger Spear; title: A Comparative Analysis of Voluntary Sector-Government Relations in Canada and England / Peter R. Elson; title: Capturing Complexity: The Ontario Government Relationship with the Social Economy Sector / Kathy L. Brock; title: Notes in the Margins: The Social Economy in Economics and Business Textbooks / Daniel Schugurensky and Erica McCollum; title: Mandatory High School Community Service in Ontario: Assessing and Improving its Impact / Paulette Padanyi, Mark Baetz and Steven D. Brown and Ailsa Henderson; title: Strategic Partnerships: Community Climate Change Partners and Resilience to Funding Cuts / Travis Gliedt, Paul Parker and Jennifer Lynes; title: The Online Social Economy: Canadian Nonprofits and the Internet / Sherida Ryan; title: Corporate Participation in the Social Economy: Employer-supported Volunteering Programs / Agnes Meinhard, Femida Handy and Itay Greenspan; title: Work Stoppages in Canadian Social Economy Organizations / Kunle Akingbola; title: Organic Farmers and the Social Economy: Positive Synergies for Community Development / Jennifer Sumner and Sophie Llewelyn; title: On the Challenges of Inclusion and the Co-operative Movement for Francophone Immigrants in Ontario / Ginette Lafrenière