Researching the Social Economy is one of the first comprehensive research collections on the social economy in Canada. While the term "social economy" is used widely is Western Europe and Quebec, it has had minimal currency in English Canada, where the differences between the public and private sectors and among nonprofits, co-operatives, social enterprises, and community economic development organizations have been emphasized.The contributions to this volume, flowing from an inter-regional and international network of scholars and community organizations, analyze how the social economy, in its many manifestations, interacts with and shares commonalities with organizations in the other sectors of the economy. Taken as a whole, Researching the Social Economy enriches our understanding of how this important cluster of organizations contributes to Canadian society in both economic and social terms, and lays the groundwork for future study.
Preface
Contributors
1 What's in a Name? 3
2 A Portrait of the Ontario Social Economy by Sherida Ryan 25
3 The Social Economy in Quebec: Towards a New Political Economy by Denyse Guy 63
4 The Social Economy in Europe: Trends and Challenges by Nancy Neamtan 84
5 A Comparative Analysis of Voluntary Sector/Government Relations in Canada and England by Roger Spear 106
6 Capturing Complexity: The Ontario Government Relationship with the Social Economy Sector by Peter R. Elson 131
7 Notes in the Margins: The Social Economy in Economics and Business Textbooks by Kathy L. Brock 154
8 Mandatory High School Community Service in Ontario: Assessing and Improving Its Impact by Erica Mccollum 176
9 Strategic Partnerships: Community Climate Change Partners and Resilience to Funding Cuts by Ailsa Henderson 201
10 The Online Social Economy: Canadian Nonprofits and the Internet by Jennifer Lynes 223
11 Corporate Participation in the Social Economy: Employer-Supported Volunteering Programs in. Canada's Financial Institutions by Sherida Ryan 245
12 Work Stoppages in Canadian Social Economy Organizations by Itay Greenspan 267
13 Organic Farmers and the Social Economy: Positive Synergies for Community Development by Kunle Akingbola 289
14 On the Challenges of Inclusion and the Co-operative Movement for Francophone Immigrants in Ontario by Sophie Llewelyn 312
15 Conclusion by Sandy Hoy 330
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