Browsing by Author "Lewis, Mike"
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Building a Solidarity Economy in the 21st Century
Lewis, Mike; Conaty, Patrick (Newsletter of the North American Network for the Solidarity Economy, 2004)"If we don't set out a stronger theoretical base for our work, if the movements we build are simply pragmatic & without a sound intellectual base, we will not succeed in changing hearts and minds." Pat Conaty -
Building Community Wealth
Lewis, Mike (Centre for Community Enterprise, 2006)This book was developed and tested as a resource to accompany a full-day workshop on Social Enterprise: Assessing Readiness and Getting Started in SE, which is part of the Development Wheel project. -
Community Economic Development, Community Development Finance: Introducing the Terms Exploring the Relationship
Perry, Stewart E.; Lewis, Mike (2007-09-18)How the two terms community economic development and community development finance are defined is crucial to the construction of any development system, whether it be geographic or functional in scope. What the terms are ... -
Concepts and Context
Lewis, Mike (2007-03-04)This first section of the book introduces key concepts, assumptions and ways of understanding the context within which CED and the social economy have evolved. While making no claim this modest beginning represents some ... -
Constructing a Sustainable Future: Exploring the Strategic Relevance of Social and Solidarity Economy Frameworks
Lewis, Mike (2007-08)This working paper explores recent economic trends and thinking and the resulting conceptualizations of social and solidarity economy. The project focused on examining the definition of social economy being used by BALTA ... -
Draft Mandate and Role of the Finance Research Cluster (FRC) - BALTA Partnership Development Project on Scaling Innovation for Sustainability (SIS)
Lewis, Mike (2012-11-28)The goal of the Scaling Innovation for Sustainability Project is to focus expertise on developing a theoretical and methodological framework for studying the scaling up and scaling out of innovations that re-localize the ... -
Draft Mandate and Role of the Finance Research Cluster (FRC) - BALTA Partnership Development Project on Scaling Innovation for Sustainability (SIS)
Lewis, Mike (2012-11-27)The goal of the Scaling Innovation for Sustainability Project is to focus expertise on developing a theoretical and methodological framework for studying the scaling up and scaling out of innovations that re-localize the ... -
The Ecology Of Success: The Problem Of Scaling Up What Works In CED
Lewis, Mike (Making Waves, 2000)This is the keystone article of this volume, with respect to the challenge of scaling up innovations achieving demonstrable results. Lizbeth Schorr, one of America’s foremost researchers on the subject, distills the lessons ... -
Empowering our Citzens & our Communities: Building an Engine for Social & Economic Change
Lewis, Mike (2006-11)Mike Lewis, principal investigator of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), gave several presentations in November 2006 as part of a speaking tour in Germany. His topic was the Canadian Experience in ... -
Exploring Applications of the Nova Scotia Co-op Development System in B.C. and Alberta
Murray, Carol; Aasgard, Michele; Lewis, Mike; Colussi, Michelle; Cabaj, Paul (2010-09-19)This research proposal outlines planned research examining how to strengthen the co-operative development systems in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. It builds upon earlier research of the BC-Alberta Social Economy ... -
Foundations for the Social Economy
Lewis, Mike; Conaty, Patrick (2009-04-03)At present the strategies, policies and tools employed by the social economy in most countries are diffuse. There is no integrated narrative to bring together the small parts to form a more cohesive whole. This cross-cutting ... -
Introduction to SE Reader
Lewis, Mike (2007-07-20)The wide ranging articles in this volume engage us in the critical reflections and learning of individuals, groups, organizations, enterprises and institutions that are in the trenches, actors and researchers who believe ... -
Mapping the Social Economy in BC and Alberta: Towards a Strategic Approach
Lewis, Mike (BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2006-08)This paper sets out a general framework and taxonomy within which the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance could define a focus for its initial approach to mapping of the social economy in British Columbia and ... -
Natural Resources, Local Development, Social Enterprise
Lewis, Mike (2007-03-04)Mark Cabaj in his “Peoples History” of CED and the Social Economy notes the fundamental and pervasive role of natural resources in the evolution of Canada’s peoples and communities.. Landscapes carved by natural forces ... -
Navigating Systems Transition (Short version)
Lewis, Mike (2017-03-22)Revealing the contours of the next system, conceptually and practically, the following examples fall under the banner of “cooperative economic democracy.” Rooted in territories, and operating at multiple levels, cooperative ... -
The Oregon Benchmarks: Oregonians Are Getting Results From This Approach To Governance. Can We Too?
Lewis, Mike (Making Waves, 2001)When the ends are in sight - and measurable - the means are less divisive. Thanks to a focus on specific outcomes for policy, Oregon is building a culture of collaboration and learning between sectors, regions, and interest ... -
Performance Measurement, Development Indicators and Aboriginal Economic Development
Lewis, Mike; Lockhart, R.A. (Performance Measurement, Development Indicators and Aboriginal Economic Development, 2002)This report defines the language of outcomes, indicators, and performance measures and then summarizes a review of applications of several strategies and tools for tracking progress that have been developed since the late ... -
Project C5 - From Social Economy to Solidarity Economy: Changing Perspectives in a Volatile World (Phase One)
Lewis, Mike (2007-04-11)This project focuses on examining the definition of social economy being used by BALTA and critiquing its conceptual capacity to effectively guide policy and practice in a volatile and rapidly changing global context. ... -
Project C6 - From Social Economy to Solidarity Economy: Changing Perspectives in a Volatile World (Phase Two)
Lewis, Mike (2007-04-11)Phase one of this project contrasted the Pearse conceptual formulation of the social economy with an alternative formulation called the solidarity economy. This research will document two cases, one from Chicago and another ... -
Project C7 - Nova Scotia Co-operative Development System Case Study – Phase Two:
Lewis, Mike; Perry, Stewart E. (2007-04-11)BALTA’s aims, as reflected in the SSHRC proposal, include researching innovative practices that are achieving demonstrable results elsewhere and exploring whether such innovations can be adapted to achieve significant ...