Mobilizing space to realize the transformative potential of work integration social enterprises through a politics of scale and scope

Deborah Leslie, Norma Rantisi and Shannon Black
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Deborah Leslie: Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Norma Rantisi: Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Shannon Black: Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Environment and Planning A, 2024, vol. 56, issue 4, 1024-1044

Abstract: WISEs encompass a multitude of relations that both fall within – but also exceed – neoliberal capitalist relations. They are often spaces of mutual aid, collectivity and care, and these enterprises can – under limited circumstances – give rise to more-than-capitalist relations. In this paper, we examine the types of organizational and spatial structure that can best support the flourishing of non-capitalist relations, arguing that social enterprises that are part of a collective and networked space are more likely to realize the economies of scale and scope necessary to enhance their transformative possibilities. A case study of one non-profit organization in Toronto, Canada is used to support this argument.

Keywords: Social economy; work integration social enterprises; more-than-capitalist relations; space (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1177/0308518X231220294

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