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Just Sustainabilities

About the Editor

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Figures and Tables

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Preface

Introduction: The Challenge of Scaling Up Social and Solidarity Economy

Introduction

About this book

Part I: History, Theory and Strategy

1: Social and Solidarity Economy in Historical Perspective

Introduction

Market and Solidarity in Nineteenth-Century Europe

Bringing in The Twentieth-Century State

Crisis, Civil Society and Social Innovation

Social and Solidarity Economy: A New Twenty-First-Century Synergy?

The Challenges of Realising Democratic Solidarity

Conclusion: Towards Democratic Solidarity

2: Prometheus, Trojan Horse or Frankenstein? Appraising the Social and Solidarity Economy

Introduction

Defining the SSE

Theorising the SSE

Connecting The Dots: Liberal Philosophy and the SSE

Economics: The Playground of Liberal Assumptions

The SSE in Action: Thinking beyond the Individual

Conclusion: Towards an Ethical Value-Added Framework

3: Beyond The Business Case: A Community Economies Approach to Gender, Development and Social Economy

Introduction

The Business Case for Gender and Development: Social Justice or ‘Business as Usual’?

Beyond the Business Case: Reimagining Economy and Development

Taking Back the Economy

Economic Difference

Community Economies and Subjects-in-becoming

Conclusion

4: Can Social and Solidarity Economy Organisations Complement or Replace Publicly Traded Companies?

Introduction

The SSE Landscape and Publicly Traded Companies

Characteristics of SSE Organisations that Drive and Hinder Growth

Opportunities for Growth for SSE Organisations

Risks to SSE Organisations Associated with Growth

Conclusion

5: Scaling the Social and Solidarity Economy: Opportunities and Limitations of Fairtrade Practice

Introduction

What Does Scaling the SSE Mean?

The Potential Contributions of Ft to Scaling the SSE

Limits of FT as a Vehicle for Scaling the SSE

Conclusion

6: The Potential and Limits of Farmers’ Marketing Groups as Catalysts for Rural Development

Introduction

The Nature and Impacts of Agricultural Cooperatives

Structural Tensions Affecting Agricultural Cooperatives

Coping with Tensions in Farmers’ Organisations

Conclusion

7: Institutionalising the Social and Solidarity Economy in Latin America

Introduction

Three Countries, Three Processes

The Reality and Prospects of SSE: A Comparative Perspective

Conclusion

8: Rebuilding Solidarity-driven Economies after Neoliberalism: The Role of Cooperatives and Local Developmental States in Latin America

Introduction

Cooperative Enterprises as the Core of the SSE Model

Cooperative Enterprise Development as an Aspect of Local Economic Development Policy

The LDS Model and Cooperative Enterprise Development in Latin America

Conclusion

9: Enabling the Social and Solidarity Economy through the Co-Construction of Public Policy

Introduction

Findings: Why Co-Construction?

Requirements for Effective Co-Construction

Conclusion

Part II: Collective Action and Solidarity in Practice

10: Beyond Alternative Food Networks: Italy’s Solidarity Purchase Groups and the United States’ Community Economies

Introduction

The Emergence of Solidarity Purchase Groups in Italy

Solidarity Purchase Groups as Family-Driven Collectives

Re-Embedding The Economy into Society

Solidarity Purchase Groups as Laboratories for Sustainable Citizenship

Conclusion: Towards an Agenda for Comparative Analysis

11: Social and Solidarity Investment in Microfinance

Introduction

The Components: Microfinance and Pro-Social Investment

Pro-Social Investment

Microfinance, Investment and the Elements of SSE

Conclusion

12: Balancing Growth and Solidarity in Community Currency Systems: The Case of the Trueque in Argentina

Introduction

SSE as Institutional Innovation

Scaling Up SSE

Scaling Up in the Trueque

Conclusion

13: State and SSE Partnerships in Social Policy and Welfare Regimes: The Case of Uruguay

Introduction

SSE as Social Service Deliverer: Rationale and Limits

Providing Welfare Services through NGOs and Other SSE Actors in Uruguay

Recent Trends: From ‘Retrenchment Allies’ to ‘Welfare Adjustment Enablers’?

Enabling or Disabling SSE through Policy Partnerships?

Conclusion

14: Extending Social Protection in Health through SSE: Possibilities and Challenges in West Africa

Introduction

The Development of Mutual Health Organisations in West Africa

The Link between Public Authorities and MHOs

Towards a New Model to Extend Social Protection in Health

SSE Organisations as the Main Actors in the Extension of Social Health Protection in West Africa

Conclusion

15: Enabling Agricultural Cooperatives in Uganda: The Role of Public Policy and the State

Introduction

The Development of Agricultural Cooperatives

Contemporary Cooperative Structure, Activities and Challenges

Enabling Cooperatives: Key Issues and Challenges for the State

Further Challenges for Government

Conclusions and Policy Implications

16: Embeddedness and the Dynamics of Growth: The Case of the Amul Cooperative, India

Introduction

Background to the Case Study

The Growth of Amul

Conclusion

17: Taking Solidarity Seriously: Analysing Kerala’s Kudumbashree as a Women’s SSE Experiment

Kudumbashree: A State-Wide Anti-Poverty Programme

Agency and Solidarity

Kudumbashree: An Emerging Social and Solidarity Economy?

Conclusion: Challenges and Future Directions

18: Demonstrating the Power of Numbers: Gender, Solidarity and Group Dynamics in Community Forestry Institutions

Introduction

Some Conceptual Issues

The Impact of Numbers: Data and Findings

Enhancing Women’s Presence, Voice and Influence

Conclusions

Notes

About the Contributors

Bibliography

Index

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