The new generation of public policies for the social economy, a new policy straddling social, labour, industrial, and territorial policies. An overview

Rafael Chaves Avila ()
Additional contact information
Rafael Chaves Avila: CIRIEC and University of Valencia, Spain Rafael.Chaves@uv.es

No 2503, CIRIEC Working Papers from CIRIEC - Université de Liège

Abstract: A new generation of public policies to promote the social economy has been promoted over the last fifteen years by governments on different continents. These policies have been deployed in a context of changes in the way government action is carried out towards more participatory models and a revaluation of the social economy as a sustainable and inclusive economic alternative. These policies are characterised by their cross-cutting approach, overcoming the traditional fragmentation of the social economy sector, by pursuing multiple objectives and systemic transition, by emphasising public-private collaboration both in the way policies are formulated and in their implementation, and by using specific instruments such as support strategies, spaces for concertation and legislative advances. This paper shows how numerous European countries have implemented multi-year plans to promote the social economy and have passed specific legislation for its development. However, these policies face challenges such as institutional rigidity and resistance, as well as the challenge of their survival, overcoming issues linked to political cycles and the stability of alliances.

Keywords: Public policies; Social Economy; Cooperatives; Public-Private partnership; Government action (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 B55 E61 H53 H76 I38 J18 J54 L31 L33 P43 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-03
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.ciriec.uliege.be/repec/WP25-03.pdf
Our link check indicates that this URL is bad, the error code is: 404 Not Found

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:crc:wpaper:2503

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in CIRIEC Working Papers from CIRIEC - Université de Liège Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by CIRIEC ().