Review of Placing the Social Economy by Amin, Cameron, Hudson in 2002

Abstract

This book offers a challenging assessment of the merits of the social economy, with far-reaching implications for policy and attitudes towards the social economy. It analyses the performance of this sector in different parts of Britain against the various expectations that have built up. The result is a sobering account of experience on the ground and a thoroughgoing critique of current aspirations and assumptions about the purpose and impact of the sector.