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Scaling Up - The Convergence of the Social Economy and Sustainability (Paperback)
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Scaling Up - The Convergence of the Social Economy and Sustainability (Paperback)
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When citizens take collaborative action to meet the needs of
theircommunity, they are participating in the social economy.
Co-operatives,community-based social services, local non-profit
organizations, andcharitable foundations are all examples of social
economies thatemphasize mutual benefit rather than the accumulation
of profit. Whilesuch groups often participate in market-based
activities to achievetheir goals, they also pose an alternative to
the capitalist marketeconomy. Contributors to Scaling Up
investigated innovativesocial economies in British Columbia and
Alberta and discovered thatachieving a social good through
collective, grassroots enterpriseresulted in a sustainable way of
satisfying human needs that was also,by extension, environmentally
responsible. As these case studiesillustrate, organizations that
are capable of harnessing the power of asocial economy generally
demonstrate a commitment to three outcomes:greater social justice,
financial self-sufficiency, and environmentalsustainability. Within
the matrix of these three allied principles lienew strategic
directions for the politics of sustainability.
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