The Development of Legislation on the Social Economy in Continental Western Europe

Antonio José Macías Ruano and José Ramos Pires Manso
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Antonio José Macías Ruano: Law Department, University of Almería, 04120 La Cañada de San Urbano, Spain
José Ramos Pires Manso: Management & Economics Department, University of Beira Interior, NECE, 6200 Covilhã, Portugal

Resources, 2019, vol. 8, issue 3, 1-14

Abstract: One of the main instruments for local development is the regulatory legal framework of the so-called Social Economy, a term and concept that is yet to be fully defined. The society’s approach to the generation of wealth encompasses different concepts, movements, approaches, and ways of acting, all of which pose a challenge to the determination of a precise definition. Within the European Union (E.U.), a common legislative base has been developed, although the specific legislation developed by each Member State has been uneven. The legislation may have started from the same common principles, but each country has adopted different legal forms. This work aims to outline the diverse ways of legislating on a concept that is still under construction and within similar legal frameworks, illustrating the lack of harmony between European states that, despite the sharing of borders and having common legislative foundations, distance themselves in the final legislation, a situation that does not benefit the economic unity of entrepreneurs with social principles.

Keywords: social economy; solidarity-based economy; historic evolution; European legislation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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