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A Review of Social Economy Research in Canada

Author : Laurie Mook
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004398619
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book A Review of Social Economy Research in Canada written by Laurie Mook and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-02-11 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada is a federal parliamentary democracy, officially bilingual (English and French), and one of the most multicultural countries in the world. Indeed, more than one-fifth of Canada’s population consists of first-generation immigrants, and a similar percentage classify themselves as visible minorities. A confederation of ten provinces and three territories, Canada has a current population of over 36 million people who live across an expansive geographic area that constitutes the second largest country in the world. In this multifaceted context, the social economy of Canada plays an important role in bridging the public and private sectors to form a strong social infrastructure (Quarter, Mook, & Armstrong, 2018). It constitutes a vast range of organizations guided by social objectives including nonprofit organizations such as charities, foundations, and social enterprises; and cooperatives both non-financial.There are distinct traditions of the social economy in anglophone and francophone parts of Canada. There are also traditions specific to particular populations, such as the Black social economy (Hossein, 2013); and the Indigenous social economy (Restoule, Gruner, & Metatawabin, 2012; Sengupta, Vieta, & McMurtry, 2015; Wuttunee, 2010). In this review, we look at the anglophone research on the social economy, noting that there are also French-language research institutions and educational programs focusing on the social economy; however, a review of these is beyond our scope.After providing an overview of the concept of social economy in Canada, we summarize research on its scope and size in the Canadian context. Next we focus on voluntaristic behaviors of giving, volunteering (formal and informal), and participating. Our focus shifts to describing the infrastructure supporting research of the sector, including key academic and umbrella associations and networks, as well as formal and informal education programs. Finally, we describe key funders of social economy research including government and foundations.

Understanding the Social Economy

Author : Jack Quarter
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442697210
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Understanding the Social Economy written by Jack Quarter and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2009-11-07 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Understanding the Social Economy, Jack Quarter, Laurie Mook, and Ann Armstrong integrate a wide array of organizations founded upon a social mission - social enterprises, nonprofits, co-operatives, credit unions, and community development associations - under the rubric of the 'social economy.' This framework facilitates a comprehensive study of Canada's social sector, an area often neglected in the business curricula despite the important role that these organizations play in Canada's economy. Invaluable for business programs that address issues such as community economic development, co-operatives, and nonprofit studies and management, Understanding the Social Economy presents a unique set of case studies as well as chapters on organizational design and governance, social finance and social accounting, and accountability. The examples provide much needed context for students and allow for an original and in-depth examination of the relationships between Canada's social infrastructure and the public and private sectors. With this work, Quarter, Mook, and Armstrong illuminate a neglected facet of business studies to further our understanding of the Canadian economy.

Northern Communities Working Together

Author : Chris Southcott
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442664355
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Northern Communities Working Together written by Chris Southcott and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unique historical, economic, and social features of the Canadian North pose special challenges for the social economy – a sector that includes nonprofits, co-operatives, social enterprises, and community economic development organizations. Northern Communities Working Together highlights the innovative ways in which Northerners are using the social economy to meet their economic, social, and cultural challenges while increasing local control and capabilities. The contributors focus on the special challenges of the North and their impact on the scope of the social economy, including analyses of land claim organizations, hunter support programs, and Indigenous conceptions of the social economy. A welcome resource for scholars and policy-makers studying any aspect of the Canadian North, Northern Communities Working Together is a major contribution to the literature on the social economy in Canada.

Assembling Understandings

Author : Matthew Thompson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781550584578
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (845 download)

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Download or read book Assembling Understandings written by Matthew Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Worth of the Social Economy

Author : Marie J. Bouchard
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9789052015804
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (158 download)

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Download or read book The Worth of the Social Economy written by Marie J. Bouchard and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2009 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book fills a gap in the literature about the social economy. of today must cater and for which questions of evaluation appear to be the most telling. --

Researching the Social Economy

Author : Jack Quarter
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 080209953X
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Researching the Social Economy written by Jack Quarter and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, contributors representing an inter-regional and international network of scholars and community organizations analyse how the social economy, in its many manifestations, interacts with and shares characteristics of organizations in the other sectors of the economy. The first study of its kind, 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. Laurie Mook is an assistant professor in the School of Community Resources and Development at the University of Arizona. Jack Quarter is a professor and co-director of the Social Economy Centre at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. Sherida Ryan is the co-ordinator of the Community University Research Alliance on Social Business for Marginalized Social Groups at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.

Innovation and the Social Economy

Author : Marie J. Bouchard
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442642904
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Innovation and the Social Economy written by Marie J. Bouchard and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through robust theoretical and in-depth empirical studies, this book offers the first opportunity to English-language readers to learn about the Québec experience of a social economy system.

Green and Social Economy Finance

Author : Karen Wendt
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000220028
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Green and Social Economy Finance written by Karen Wendt and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-07-21 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Green and Social Economy Finance is a compilation of chapters by experts, linking research and practice. This anthology provides a new thinking on social economy green finance, showing emerging themes and trends. It spans from stock markets, green finance, innovations, digitalization to social finance, governance and theories of change. It concentrates on impact, opportunity recognition and development of financial products designed to finance the green and social economy. Without the attraction of capital, social entrepreneurship, and innovations, green finance can face difficulty in addressing business solutions. Green and social economy is a nascent field. The authors address the conceptualization of green and social solutions and identify new trends in the finance industry products and approaches. The book demonstrates that aligning finance and investment with the Paris Agreement, sustainable development goals and needs and interests of society are feasible.

Social Economy, Social Policy and Federalism in Canada

Author : Yves Vaillancourt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781550583960
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (839 download)

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Download or read book Social Economy, Social Policy and Federalism in Canada written by Yves Vaillancourt and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Review of Economic Performance and Social Progress

Author : Keith G. Banting
Publisher : IRPP
ISBN 13 : 9780886451905
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book The Review of Economic Performance and Social Progress written by Keith G. Banting and published by IRPP. This book was released on 2001 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chapters in this volume provide experts' views of specific dimensions of the economic & social developments in Canada during the 1990s. The chapters are organized into four sections dealing with basic concepts, the public view of economic & social trends, changes in key public policies, and outcomes in terms of the economic, social, & environmental record of the 1990s. Specific topics covered include the concept of social progress, defining & measuring social progress, monetary policy, the relationship between social capital & the economy, unemployment, deficit elimination, fiscal policy, trade liberalization, income security policy, income distribution, labour market outcomes, child well-being, and economic growth & environmental degradation.

Social Economy

Author : Leslie Allison Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781897009680
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Social Economy written by Leslie Allison Brown and published by . This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THIS BOOK CONTRIBUTES to the growing literature on the social economy from the particular perspectives of Atlantic Canadians who have been part of the Social Economy and Sustainability Research Network. It illustrates the importance of the sector to the region's social, economic and public life while exploring its potential for positive change.Prefiguring an economy based on principles of human values and principles of solidarity, the social economy offers a space for people to exercise democracy in realms thought to be “economic” and thus exempt from such priorities. The social economy has the aim of development in a double sense-development of the individual and local or community development.What is at stake is no less than democratizing the economy, creating a space for dialogue and debate, building partnerships, networks and capacity for innovation, sustainability, democracy and justice-in other words, developing the potentials for a social economy.Considerable innovation and significant contributions to quality of life thrive within the social economy in the Atlantic region. Organizations vary tremendously, not least in terms of how successful they are in meeting the immediate and longer term objectives to which they and their supporters aspire. This volume marks one step in furthering such understanding.

Care, Cooperation and Activism in Canada's Northern Social Economy

Author : Frances Abele
Publisher : University of Alberta
ISBN 13 : 177212110X
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book Care, Cooperation and Activism in Canada's Northern Social Economy written by Frances Abele and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2016-11-04 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People across Canada’s North have created vibrant community institutions to serve a wide range of social and economic needs. Neither state-driven nor profit-oriented, these organizations form a relatively under-studied third sector of the economy. Researchers from the Social Economy Research Network of Northern Canada explore this sector through fifteen case studies, encompassing artistic, recreational, cultural, political, business, and economic development organizations that are crucial to the health and vitality of their communities. Care, Cooperation and Activism in Canada’s Northern Social Economy shows the innovative diversity and utter necessity of home-grown institutions in communities across Labrador, Nunatsiavut, Nunavik, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and Yukon. Readers, researchers, and students interested in social economy, Aboriginal studies, and northern communities will find much to enjoy and value in this book. Contributors: Frances Abele, Jennifer Alsop, Matthew A. Beaudoin, Jean-Sébastien Boutet, Julia Christensen, Cédric Drouin, Moses Hernandez, Noor Johnson, Sheena Kennedy Dalseg, Frédéric Moisan, Joseph Moise, Rajiv Rawat, Jerald Sabin, Chris Southcott, Kiri Staples, Lucille Villaseñor-Caron, Valoree Walker

Public Policy for the Social Economy

Author : Sarah Amyot
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 51 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Public Policy for the Social Economy written by Sarah Amyot and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Scaling Up

Author : Michael Anthony Gismondi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781771990226
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Scaling Up written by Michael Anthony Gismondi and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When citizens take collaborative action to meet the needs of their community, they are participating in the social economy. Co-operatives, community-based social services, local non-profit organizations, and charitable foundations are all examples of social economies that emphasize mutual benefit rather than the accumulation of profit. While such groups often participate in market-based activities to achieve their goals, they also pose an alternative to the capitalist market economy. Contributors to Scaling Up investigated innovative social economies in British Columbia and Alberta and discovered that achieving a social good through collective, grassroots enterprise resulted in a sustainable way of satisfying human needs that was also, by extension, environmentally responsible. As these case studies illustrate, organizations that are capable of harnessing the power of a social economy generally demonstrate a commitment to three outcomes: greater social justice, financial self-sufficiency, and environmental sustainability. Within the matrix of these three allied principles lie new strategic directions for the politics of sustainability. Whether they were examining attainable and affordable housing initiatives, co-operative approaches to the provision of social services, local credit unions, farmers' markets, or community-owned power companies, the contributors found social economies providing solutions based on reciprocity and an understanding of how parts function within the whole--an understanding that is essential to sustainability. In these locally defined and controlled, democratically operated organizations we see possibilities for a more human economy that is capable of transforming the very social and technical systems that make our current way of life unsustainable. Contributors: Mary Beckie, Randy Bell, Marena Brinkhurst, Kailey Cannon, Sean Connelly, Mike Gismondi, Lillian Hunt, Noel Keough, Freya Kristensen, Celia Lee, Mike Lewis, Julie L. MacArthur, Terri MacDonald, Sean Markey, Juanita Marois, George Penhold, Stewart Perry, John Restakis, Lauren Rethoret, Mark Roseland, Lynda Ross, Erin Swift-Leppakumpu, and Kelly Vodden.

Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) The Social Economy Building Inclusive Economies

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264039880
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) The Social Economy Building Inclusive Economies written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2007-10-30 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication offers new insights into the economic theory of social economy organisations, their role in an evolving political and economic context, and the links to local development and the empowerment of users.

Community-University Research Partnerships

Author : Ian MacPherson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781550584493
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (844 download)

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Download or read book Community-University Research Partnerships written by Ian MacPherson and published by . This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Welfare Reform in Canada

Author : Daniel Béland
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442609710
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Welfare Reform in Canada written by Daniel Béland and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welfare Reform in Canada provides systematic knowledge of Canadian social assistance by assessing provincial welfare regimes and emphasizing changes since the late twentieth century. The book examines activation, social investment, and economic inequalities and provides nuanced perspectives on social welfare across Canada's provinces in relation to trends and issues in the country and beyond. These conceptual, international, and historical perspectives inform in-depth case studies of social assistance reform in each province. The key issues of social assistance in Canada, including gender relations, immigrants, Aboriginal peoples, and the impact of activation programs, are addressed, as is the possibility of convergence taking place in provincial welfare policy. This book is the second volume in the Johnson-Shoyama Series on Public Policy, published by the University of Toronto Press in association with the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, an interdisciplinary centre for research, teaching, and executive training with campuses at the Universities of Regina and Saskatchewan.