1st Edition

Placing the Social Economy

By Ash Amin, Angus Cameron, Ray Hudson Copyright 2002
160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

In recent years there has been a great deal of discussion about the social economy and the term 'the third way' has attained a level of household recognition, especially in America and Britain. Academics and commentators have debated the usefulness of the social economy as a restraint on capitalist excesses with some arguing that the 'third way' is but a poor substitute for a welfare state. This... Read more
Introduction, Chapter 1. The social economy in context, Chapter 2. Social economy, social exclusion, localisation, Chapter 3. Policy and practice in the UK social economy, Chapter 4. The corporatist social economy: Glasgow and Middlesbrough, Chapter5. The distributed social economy: Bristol and Tower Hamlets, Chapter 6. Prospects

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Ash Amin, Angus Cameron, Ray Hudson