1st Edition

Placing the Social Economy

By Ash Amin, Angus Cameron, Ray Hudson Copyright 2002
    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 book provides a refreshing and accessible account of real life experience in a social economy.
    By focusing on new evidence, this book critically analyses such themes as:
    *the range of academic and policy expectation that have emerged in recent years in the developed world
    *the policies of New Labour in Britain
    *the dynamics of social enterprises in Bristol, London, Middlesbrough and Glasgow.
    These critical assessments lead the authors to reflect in the future potential of the social economy and the possible policy changes that are necessary to maximise whatever opportunity the sector provides.

    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

    Biography

    Ash Amin, Angus Cameron, Ray Hudson