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Front Cover
Just Sustainabilities
About the Editor
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Figures and Tables
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Preface
Introduction: The Challenge of Scaling Up Social and Solidarity Economy
Introduction
About this book
Part I: History, Theory and Strategy
1: Social and Solidarity Economy in Historical Perspective
Introduction
Market and Solidarity in Nineteenth-Century Europe
Bringing in The Twentieth-Century State
Crisis, Civil Society and Social Innovation
Social and Solidarity Economy: A New Twenty-First-Century Synergy?
The Challenges of Realising Democratic Solidarity
Conclusion: Towards Democratic Solidarity
2: Prometheus, Trojan Horse or Frankenstein? Appraising the Social and Solidarity Economy
Introduction
Defining the SSE
Theorising the SSE
Connecting The Dots: Liberal Philosophy and the SSE
Economics: The Playground of Liberal Assumptions
The SSE in Action: Thinking beyond the Individual
Conclusion: Towards an Ethical Value-Added Framework
3: Beyond The Business Case: A Community Economies Approach to Gender, Development and Social Economy
Introduction
The Business Case for Gender and Development: Social Justice or ‘Business as Usual’?
Beyond the Business Case: Reimagining Economy and Development
Taking Back the Economy
Economic Difference
Community Economies and Subjects-in-becoming
Conclusion
4: Can Social and Solidarity Economy Organisations Complement or Replace Publicly Traded Companies?
Introduction
The SSE Landscape and Publicly Traded Companies
Characteristics of SSE Organisations that Drive and Hinder Growth
Opportunities for Growth for SSE Organisations
Risks to SSE Organisations Associated with Growth
Conclusion
5: Scaling the Social and Solidarity Economy: Opportunities and Limitations of Fairtrade Practice
Introduction
What Does Scaling the SSE Mean?
The Potential Contributions of Ft to Scaling the SSE
Limits of FT as a Vehicle for Scaling the SSE
Conclusion
6: The Potential and Limits of Farmers’ Marketing Groups as Catalysts for Rural Development
Introduction
The Nature and Impacts of Agricultural Cooperatives
Structural Tensions Affecting Agricultural Cooperatives
Coping with Tensions in Farmers’ Organisations
Conclusion
7: Institutionalising the Social and Solidarity Economy in Latin America
Introduction
Three Countries, Three Processes
The Reality and Prospects of SSE: A Comparative Perspective
Conclusion
8: Rebuilding Solidarity-driven Economies after Neoliberalism: The Role of Cooperatives and Local Developmental States in Latin America
Introduction
Cooperative Enterprises as the Core of the SSE Model
Cooperative Enterprise Development as an Aspect of Local Economic Development Policy
The LDS Model and Cooperative Enterprise Development in Latin America
Conclusion
9: Enabling the Social and Solidarity Economy through the Co-Construction of Public Policy
Introduction
Findings: Why Co-Construction?
Requirements for Effective Co-Construction
Conclusion
Part II: Collective Action and Solidarity in Practice
10: Beyond Alternative Food Networks: Italy’s Solidarity Purchase Groups and the United States’ Community Economies
Introduction
The Emergence of Solidarity Purchase Groups in Italy
Solidarity Purchase Groups as Family-Driven Collectives
Re-Embedding The Economy into Society
Solidarity Purchase Groups as Laboratories for Sustainable Citizenship
Conclusion: Towards an Agenda for Comparative Analysis
11: Social and Solidarity Investment in Microfinance
Introduction
The Components: Microfinance and Pro-Social Investment
Pro-Social Investment
Microfinance, Investment and the Elements of SSE
Conclusion
12: Balancing Growth and Solidarity in Community Currency Systems: The Case of the Trueque in Argentina
Introduction
SSE as Institutional Innovation
Scaling Up SSE
Scaling Up in the Trueque
Conclusion
13: State and SSE Partnerships in Social Policy and Welfare Regimes: The Case of Uruguay
Introduction
SSE as Social Service Deliverer: Rationale and Limits
Providing Welfare Services through NGOs and Other SSE Actors in Uruguay
Recent Trends: From ‘Retrenchment Allies’ to ‘Welfare Adjustment Enablers’?
Enabling or Disabling SSE through Policy Partnerships?
Conclusion
14: Extending Social Protection in Health through SSE: Possibilities and Challenges in West Africa
Introduction
The Development of Mutual Health Organisations in West Africa
The Link between Public Authorities and MHOs
Towards a New Model to Extend Social Protection in Health
SSE Organisations as the Main Actors in the Extension of Social Health Protection in West Africa
Conclusion
15: Enabling Agricultural Cooperatives in Uganda: The Role of Public Policy and the State
Introduction
The Development of Agricultural Cooperatives
Contemporary Cooperative Structure, Activities and Challenges
Enabling Cooperatives: Key Issues and Challenges for the State
Further Challenges for Government
Conclusions and Policy Implications
16: Embeddedness and the Dynamics of Growth: The Case of the Amul Cooperative, India
Introduction
Background to the Case Study
The Growth of Amul
Conclusion
17: Taking Solidarity Seriously: Analysing Kerala’s Kudumbashree as a Women’s SSE Experiment
Kudumbashree: A State-Wide Anti-Poverty Programme
Agency and Solidarity
Kudumbashree: An Emerging Social and Solidarity Economy?
Conclusion: Challenges and Future Directions
18: Demonstrating the Power of Numbers: Gender, Solidarity and Group Dynamics in Community Forestry Institutions
Introduction
Some Conceptual Issues
The Impact of Numbers: Data and Findings
Enhancing Women’s Presence, Voice and Influence
Conclusions
Notes
About the Contributors
Bibliography
Index
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