A Modern Guide to the Social and Solidarity Economy

Edited by Marie J. Bouchard and Damien Rousselière

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Abstract: This Modern Guide presents a comprehensive synthesis of contemporary knowledge on the social and solidarity economy (SSE). It provides an overview of the conceptual, historical, organizational, and developmental dimensions of the SSE, exploring current issues through the lenses of public policy, governance, finance, and legislation.

Keywords: Cooperative And Social Enterprises; Public Policy; Democratic Governance; Solidarity Finance; Equitable Resource Distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035310890
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction to the social and solidarity economy (SSE) field of research

Marie J. Bouchard, Damien Rousselière and Carl Cenerelli

Ch 2 Social and solidarity economy approaches: a brief conceptual analysis

Marthe Nyssens and Marie J. Bouchard

Ch 3 Historical perspectives on the institutionalisation of the social and solidarity economy

Timothée Duverger

Ch 4 Public policies for the social and solidarity economy

Rafael Chaves-Avila, Juan R. Gallego-Bono, Belen Catala Estada and Teresa Savall Morera

Ch 5 Governing and managing social and solidarity economy organisations

Roger Spear, Madeg Le Guernic and Chris Cornforth

Ch 6 Financing solidarity: building an alternative financial system

Amélie Artis

Ch 7 The impact of the laws on the social and solidarity economy on organizational cooperative law

Sofia Adam, Ifigeneia Douvitsa and Hagen Henrÿ

Ch 8 Internationalization of social and solidarity economy organizations

Anjel Errasti, Ignacio Bretos and Carmen Marcuello

Ch 9 The ecosystems of the social and solidarity economy: essential for the challenges of our time

Marie J. Bouchard, Jean-Marc Fontan and Benoît Lévesque

Ch 10 Communal studies and intentional communities: key features and main contributions to the understanding of the social and solidarity economy

Michel Lallement and Damien Rousselière

Ch 11 Distinctive characteristics of the social and solidarity economy in Latin America

Juan Fernando Álvarez, Valeria Mutuberría Lazarini and Carmen Marcuello

Ch 12 The social and solidarity economy: the contribution of emergence and the importance of North–South dialogue

Jean-Louis Laville

Ch 13 Community economies, transformation pathways and the social and solidarity economy

Katherine Gibson

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