 Re-Embedding Work in a Political and Social Project: The Case of Business and Employment Cooperatives in FranceJustine Ballon and Stéphane Veyer Journal of Innovation Economics, 2020, vol. n° 31, issue 1, 101-122 Abstract: Among the innovative organizations that have emerged to support a growing number of self-employed workers, an innovative form of worker cooperative has developed over the past twenty years: the Business and Employment Cooperative (BEC). Faced with changes in work and employment, BECs are experimenting with new working methods by seeking to promote the autonomy of entrepreneurs within a democratic productive space. In view of the singularity of changes in work, new analytical schemes are outlined beyond the notion of salaried employment. This research is based on a field survey conducted in three French BECs. It invites us to analyze the political centrality of work in BECs through the notion of activity, inspired by the pragmatist philosophical movement. From a socio-economic perspective, this cooperative action research proposes an analysis of self-employment in BECs by breaking down the activities carried out by members (trade, community and governance), by putting into perspective the contributions and limits of multi-activity. JEL Codes: J53, J540, M540, Z130 Keywords: Activity; Work; Self-Employed Workers; Worker Cooperative; Worker Empowerment; Work Arrangements (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:cai:jiedbu:jie_pr1_0062 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Journal of Innovation Economics from De Boeck Université |
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