Social Economics and the Solidarity City

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
	The Social Economy, the State and the City
	Rolling Back and Rolling Out
	Disembedding and Re-embedding
	Social and Solidarity
	Structure of the Argument
2 The Rules of the Game
	Introduction
	Disembedding the Market
	Co-ordinating the Commons
	Problems of Co-ordination
	Social Enterprise Markets
	Reassembling the Market
	Conclusion
3 Urban Politics and Alternative Economics
	Introduction
	Neoliberalism and Its Limits
	Countermoves and Resistance
	The Social Base of Solidarity Economics
	The Mode of Interest Mediation
	Scale and the Neighbourhood as a Site of Struggle
	Assembling the Social
	Conclusion
4 Social and Solidarity Economics
	Introduction
	Distribution and Modes of Exchange
	The Solidarity Economy and the Social Economy
	Solidarity in Economic Practice
	Social Entrepreneurship
	The Social Base of Economics
	Work Integration, Workfare and Empowerment
	Non-monetised Trading
	Barriers and Cognitive Traps
	Conclusion
5 Enterprises, Legitimacy and Pursuit of the Social
	Introduction
	Defining Social Enterprises
	Logics, Legitimacies and Pressures
	Capture, Co-option and Resistance
	Mission Drift
	Communities, Assets and Local Accumulation
	Conclusion
6 Actually Existing Solidarity Economies
	Introduction
	Basque Solidarity and Mondragon
	Bristol and the Creative Commons
	Québec and Solidarity Infrastructure
	Red Bologna
	Occupation in São Paulo
	Peacebuilding, Social Economics and the Contested City
	Conclusion
7 Scale, Replication and Money
	Introduction
	Scaling, Innovation and Social Value
	Scaling-up
	The Social Life of Money
	Social Finance
	Structure of the Sector
	Supply and Demand for Finance
	Diversification of Supply
	Community Development Finance Initiatives (CDFIs)
	Co-ordination and Finance Schemes
	Conclusion
8 Conclusions
	Introduction
	The Social Base of Value
	The Competitive Environment
	Scale, Competition and the State
	Network Power and Co-ordinating Institutions
	Junctures, Overflows and Affecting Mechanisms
	Knowledge and Learning
	Skills
	Profit Destination
	Conclusion
Index