Researching the social economy /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2010.
Description:	xviii, 335 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Nonprofit organizations -- Canada. Cooperative societies -- Canada. Community development -- Canada. Voluntarism -- Canada. Economics -- Canada -- Sociological aspects. Public-private sector cooperation -- Canada. Community development. Cooperative societies. Economics -- Sociological aspects. Nonprofit organizations. Public-private sector cooperation. Voluntarism. Canada.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8286965

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Other authors / contributors:	Quarter, Jack. Mook, Laurie. Ryan, Sherida, 1949-
ISBN:	9780802099532 080209953X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	"Researching the Social Economy is one of the first comprehensive research collections on the social economy in Canada. While the term "social economy" is used widely is Western Europe and Quebec, it has had minimal currency in English Canada, where the differences between the public and private sectors and among nonprofits, co-operatives, social enterprises, and community economic development organizations have been emphasized. The contributions to this volume, flowing from an inter-regional and international network of scholars and community organizations, analyze how the social economy, in its many manifestations, interacts with and shares commonalities with organizations in the other sectors of the economy. Taken as a whole, Researching the Social Economy enriches our understanding of how this important cluster of organizations contributes to Canadian society in both economic and social terms, and lays the groundwork for future study."--pub. desc.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Contributors
1. What's in a Name?
2. A Portrait of the Ontario Social Economy
3. The Social Economy in Quebec: Towards a New Political Economy
4. The Social Economy in Europe: Trends and Challenges
5. A Comparative Analysis of Voluntary Sector/Government Relations in Canada and England
6. Capturing Complexity: The Ontario Government Relationship with the Social Economy Sector
7. Notes in the Margins: The Social Economy in Economics and Business Textbooks
8. Mandatory High School Community Service in Ontario: Assessing and Improving Its Impact
9. Strategic Partnerships: Community Climate Change Partners and Resilience to Funding Cuts
10. The Online Social Economy: Canadian Nonprofits and the Internet
11. Corporate Participation in the Social Economy: Employer-Supported Volunteering Programs in Canada's Financial Institutions
12. Work Stoppages in Canadian Social Economy Organizations
13. Organic Farmers and the Social Economy: Positive Synergies for Community Development
14. On the Challenges of Inclusion and the Co-operative Movement for Francophone Immigrants in Ontario
15. Conclusion

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