French SCICs: Reviving the Critical Role of the Social and Solidarity Economy?

Les SCIC françaises: raviver la fonction critique de l'économie sociale et solidaire ?

Nathalie Magne () and Delphine Vallade ()
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Nathalie Magne: UMR ART-Dev - Acteurs, Ressources et Territoires dans le Développement - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UM - Université de Montpellier - UMPV - Université de Montpellier Paul-Valéry
Delphine Vallade: UMR ART-Dev - Acteurs, Ressources et Territoires dans le Développement - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - UM - Université de Montpellier - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Sociétés Coopératives d'Intérêt Collectif (SCICs) are part of an international cooperative revival that began in the 1990s. Characterized by a multi-stakeholder membership comprising at least three categories of members, including workers and beneficiaries, SCICs may also include public actors among their members. This article examines the effects of their development on the meso-level of the social and solidarity economy based on the context in which they emerged and their channels of differentiation. Based on a mixed methodology (interviews, observations, statistical data) and a comparison with solidarity cooperatives in Quebec, this work highlights the role of SCICs in densifying the meso space and shows that they reinforce the critical function of the SSE by developing strategies for institutional change through their economic activity.

Date: 2026
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Published in Interventions Economiques : Papers in Political Economy, 2026, 74, ⟨10.4000/15na9⟩

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DOI: 10.4000/15na9

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