Anchoring the social economy at the metropolitan scale: Findings from the Liverpool City Region

Matthew Thompson, Alan Southern and Helen Heap
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Matthew Thompson: University of Liverpool, UK
Alan Southern: University of Liverpool, UK
Helen Heap: University of Liverpool, UK

Urban Studies, 2022, vol. 59, issue 4, 675-697

Abstract: This article revisits debates on the contribution of the social economy to urban economic development, specifically focusing on the scale of the city region. It presents a novel tripartite definition – empirical, essentialist, holistic – as a useful frame for future research into urban social economies. Findings from an in-depth case study of the scale, scope and value of the Liverpool City Region’s social economy are presented through this framing. This research suggests that the social economy has the potential to build a workable alternative to neoliberal economic development if given sufficient tailored institutional support and if seen as a holistic integrated city-regional system, with anchor institutions and community anchor organisations playing key roles.

Keywords: anchor institutions; city-regionalism; local economic development; social economy; urban policy; 锚定机构; 城市区域化; åœ°æ–¹ç» æµŽå ‘å±•; ç¤¾ä¼šç» æµŽ; 城市政策 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098020972654

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