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Social Economy and New Jobs: A Summary of Twenty Case Studies in European Regions
Author(s) -
Westerdahl Stig,
Westlund Hans
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
annals of public and cooperative economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.526
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1467-8292
pISSN - 1370-4788
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8292.00079
Subject(s) - unemployment , social economy , field (mathematics) , democracy , social democracy , economy , economics , economic system , political science , economic growth , market economy , mathematics , politics , pure mathematics , law
Employment in the new social economy is growing. In times of rising unemployment new cooperatives and associations are recruiting some of the unemployed. That is the main conclusion in the study on twenty organizations scattered all over Europe presented in this article. The organizations are located in different economic and legal environments, but united in that they are comparatively small, locally based and run in a democratic way. The article also introduces the field `new social economy’ and presents three hypotheses to give a theoretical framework for the results in the study. Finally implications for policy and research are presented.