Grassroots Utopias in Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)

Nadine Richez-Battesti () and Mariagrazia CAIRO Crocco ()
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Nadine Richez-Battesti: LEST-CNRS Aix Marseille University, France
Mariagrazia CAIRO Crocco: CGGG-CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, France

Chapter 4 in Imagine, Studying the Relationship between Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) and Imaginary in the Era of Capitalocene, 2024, vol. 6, pp 63-76 from CIRIEC - Université de Liège

Abstract: From association to multi-stakeholder organizations, new organizational models and forms of work are emerging as objects that hold out the promise of emancipation from, and alternatives to neoliberalism. They constitute workplaces with a utopian aim ? often in the context of social micro-experiments ? which reflect a specific relationship with a particular territory. From this perspective, how can we observe and analyze these new forms of work both from the point of view of the organizations that support them and the meaning of the work associated with them, at both the organizational level and the level of the active participants? Are its promises being translated into sustainable alternatives and at what cost? These questions take on their full meaning in a context where aspirations to transform society are being reaffirmed in the face of the challenges of necessary transitions. We adopt a qualitative analysis built on 4 case studies in France.

Keywords: utopias; SSE; governance; work; emancipation; territory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L31 M54 O35 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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