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SOCIAL COOPERATIVES IN ITALY: ECONOMIC ANTECEDENTS AND REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION
Author(s) -
PICCIOTTI Antonio,
BERNARDONI Andrea,
COSSIGNANI Massimo,
FERRUCCI Luca
Publication year - 2014
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/apce.12036
Subject(s) - distribution (mathematics) , social economy , business , profit (economics) , economic geography , field (mathematics) , social change , economic growth , economic system , regional science , economics , market economy , geography , microeconomics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , pure mathematics
Social cooperatives represent the most notable form of non‐profit organizations operating in Italy in the social services field, the birth and development of which has been strongly linked to, and conditioned by, the needs and resources of territories and communities. This paper intends to demonstrate how certain socio‐economic factors, recognized in economic literature as antecedents of the development of social enterprises, may account for the spread of social cooperatives in different Italian regions. Furthermore, the research results demonstrate an inter‐regional differentiation of the shape social cooperation has entered into in Italy.