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The New Social and Impact Economy

An International Perspective

  • Provides an international comparative view of the new social economy
  • Takes a systematic view of a new economic phenomenon
  • Creates a typology of social economy traditions and new developments

Part of the book series: Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies (NCSS)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Introduction

    • Benjamin Gidron, Anna Domaradzka
    Pages 1-18
  3. The Evolution of the Social and Impact Economy in Argentina

    • Gabriel Berger, Leopoldo Blugerman
    Pages 19-48
  4. The New Social Economy in Indonesia: Features, Recent Development and Challenges

    • Maria R. Nindita Radyati, Benny Tjahjono
    Pages 73-94
  5. Social Economy in Spain: Economic Crisis and Society

    • Millán Díaz-Foncea, Carmen Marcuello
    Pages 161-182
  6. The Evolving Field of Social Economy in Italy: Continuity and Change

    • Mara Benadusi, Giulio Citroni, Teresa Consoli, Deborah De Felice, Irene Falconieri, Francesco Mazzeo et al.
    Pages 183-204
  7. The (New) Social Economy in Austria

    • Hanna Schneider, Ruth Simsa
    Pages 205-224
  8. The Evolution of the New Social Economy in Sweden

    • H. T. R. Persson
    Pages 225-244
  9. International Social Economy Organizations

    • Ignacio Bretos, Anjel Errasti, Aurélie Soetens
    Pages 245-268
  10. From Crises to a Social and Impact Economy

    • Anna Domaradzka, Benjamin Gidron
    Pages 285-297
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 299-304

About this book

This edited volume discusses the development of the new social and impact economy in ten countries around the globe. The new social and impact economy is an attempt to conceptualize developments after the 2008 economic crisis, which emphasized the pifalls of the Neo-Liberal economic system. In the aftermath of the crisis, new organizational entities evolved, which combined social and business objectives as part of their mission. Using data gathered by two recent international research projects—the ICSEM project and the FAB-MOVE project—the book provides an initial portrait of the forces at play in the evolution of the new social and impact economy, linking those to the past crisis as well as to Covid19 and comparing the emergence of the phenomenon in a varied group of countries.

The book begins with an overview of the classical definitions of social economy and proposes a comprehensive concept of new social and impact economy, its characteristics, and sources. Ten country chapters as well as a comparative chapter on international social economy organizations follow. The volume concludes with an overall analysis of the data from the country chapters, forming a typology of social economy traditions and linking it to recent Post Capitalism trends.

Creating a conceptual framework to analyze the new phenomena in social economy, this volume is ideal for academics and practitioners in the fields of social economy; social, economic and welfare policies; social and business entrepreneurship in a comparative fashion; social and technological innovation as well as CSR specialists and practitioners.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Professor Emeritus, Business Administration, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

    Benjamin Gidron

  • Robert Zajonc Institute for Social Studies, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

    Anna Domaradzka

About the editors

Benjamin Gidron is a Professor of Social Enterprises and the Head of the Research Authority, The College of Management Academic Studies (COMAS) and Professor Emeritus at the Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management in Ben Gurion University of the Negev. He pioneered the study of the Third (Nonprofit) Sector in Israel and was the Founder-President of the International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR) 1992-96.

Anna Domaradzka is a sociologist, Assistant Professor and Associate Director for Research at Robert Zajonc Institute for Social Studies, University of Warsaw. Her main research interests concern the issues of civil society organizations, social movements and local activism in urban context. She specializes in intersectional and international comparative research in the areas of urban studies and gender sociology, works in several international projects concerning urban development, civil society and welfare state issues. At the moment her main research focus is on neighborhood associations, “right to the city” movement and social entrepreneurship in comparative perspective. Since 2015 she’s involved in the creation of the Warsaw Development Strategy 2030 as an expert on social issues.

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Softcover Book USD 129.99
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