Placing the Social Economy (Contemporary Politicaleconomy, 7)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: June 7, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780415260893
First sentence: In its current usage the term social economy refers to not-for-profit activity geared towards meeting social needs: The 'Social Economy constitutes a broad range of activities which have the potential to provide opportunities for local people and communities to engage in all stages of the process of local economic regeneration and job creation, from the identification of basic needs to the operationalisation of initiatives.