Collective enterprises in the social and solidarity economy are economic actors, engaged in market activity while committed to and meeting larger societal objectives. They are now part of an ensemble of new business forms that are rapidly evolving today calling for financial innovation and enabling public policy. Often referred to as social enterprise or social […]

Cet ouvrage rend compte de la diversité de l’économie sociale à Montréal à travers les dynamiques, globales et sectorielles, qui la caractérisent. Il le fait par la présentation des résultats de six recherches réalisées dans le cadre d’activités partenariales entre chercheurs universitaires et praticiens de l’économie sociale. Les recherches portent sur des secteurs d’activités révélateurs […]

Social enterprises, at least in the United States, internalize a hybrid mix of public, private and civil society activity, each and all of which are constituent and confluent. Is social enterprise re-embedding the market in civil society through its engagement to generate social wealth, or is it contributing to a process of dis-embedding, as a […]

Although the vocabulary is new, the social economy has been well established in Quebec for more than a century. Its development has been an integral part of Quebec’s social and economic history. The cooperative movement has a long and established presence and has contributed to the well-being and economic growth of Quebec. Numerous associations and […]

Le portrait qui est présenté dans cet ouvrage permet aux auteurs d’affirmer que le Québec se révèle un territoire où, dans toutes ses composantes, les pratiques de la finance responsables jouent un rôle extrêmement important en termes d’Actifs et d’influence sur la vie économique, mais qu’il est néanmoins nécessaire de prendre conscience de l’urgence de […]

What distinguishes the Quebec experience is that an institution like the Fiducie du Chantier de l’économie sociale doesn’t just supply capital to enterprises that pursue a triple bottom line. The Fiducie is one part of an overall development strategy that acts simultaneously to reduce the risk to investors and to increase the capacity of social […]

La participation active au marché de l’emploi n’offre plus aujourd’hui de garantie d’apper à la pauvreté, même dans les société industrialisées qui connaissent depuis la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale des régimes de protection sociale. L’émergence dans le débat social et académique de la notion de « travailleurs pauvres » témoigne des mutations récentes, tant du […]

In this special issue of Universitas Forum experiences of local social economy from Quebec and Latin America are situated in a post-crisis global environment. They may illustrate an alternative paradigm that embeds economic initiatives in their social, cultural, political and historical contexts. Mendell, Marguerite et Giancarlo Canzanelli. Local economy development and social economy : special […]

This chapter focuses on the emergence of financial instruments and enabling environments for social enterprises (SEs) in selected OECD countries, with particular attention on Western European countries, Canada and the United States, and possible strategies for supporting their development in Eastern European Countries. Mendell, Marguerite et Rocío Nogales. « Social enterprises in OECD Member Countries: What […]