Towards Just and Sustainable Economies: The Social and Solidarity Economy North and South

ISBN-13: 9781447327226 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 336 str.

Molly Scott Cato; Peter North

Opis

Across the globe, the problems inherent in capitalism are becoming ever more apparent, from the dismantling of the welfare state to the threats of climate change. Yet the question of how to replace the current business model of capitalism has always been vexed. This book argues that the time is now, and that we have a model at hand, operating throughout the Global South: social and solidarity economies, economies structured around the sharing of resources, the meeting of social needs, and the building of a sustainable future. Academics from a range of disciplines and a number of European and Latin American countries are brought together here to debate the issues at the heart of this problem, and to raise challenging questions for policy makers and citizens alike.

Spis treści

Introduction: New Economies North and South: Sharing the Evolution to a Just and Sustainable Future ~ Peter North and Molly Scott Cato; Part I: Theoretical Perspectives on the Social and Solidarity Economy; Towards a new economics: Concepts and experiences from Latin America ~ Jose Luis Coraggio; Towards low carbon solidarity economies ~ Peter North; Monsieur le Capital and Madame la Terre on the Brink ~ Penelope Ciancanelli and David Fasenfest; Part II: The Social and Solidarity Economy as a Site of Social Innovation; Developing the solidarity economy: Brazil's social economy incubators ~ Reinaldo Pacheco da Costa; Innovation, cooperativism and inclusive development: Rethinking technological change and social inclusion ~ Hernán Thomas and Lucas Becerra; The solidarity economy and the University’s role in creating sustainable evolution ~ Luiz Roberto Alves, Marco Aurelio Bernardes, Victor Gil Neto and Waverli Maia Maratozzo-Neuberger; Community governance of common resources in North-Eastern Brazil ~ Gilca Oliveira; Part III: The Social and Solidarity Economy and the State; The Danish low carbon transition and the prospects for a democratic economy ~ Andrew Cumbers; A Brazilian perspective on the solidarity economy: Transferring Argentine experiences of Barter to Brazil ~ Paul I. Singer and Heloisa Pimavera; 21st century socialism? Venezuela’s solidarity, social, popular and communal economy ~ Dario Azzellini; Co-construction or prefiguration? Rethinking the ‘translation’ of SSE practices into policy ~ Ana Cecilia Dinerstein; Part IV: Inspiration between north and south; Being a Zapatista wherever you are: Reflections on academic/activist practice from Latin America ~ Paul Chatterton; Living Sin Patron: Lessons from Argentina’s societies in movement ~ Marina Sitrin; The social and solidarity economy in Argentina and the UK: Convergence from opposite directions ~ Molly Scott Cato and Paolo Raffaelli; Conclusion ~ Peter North and Molly Scott Cato.