Housing and Human Services in the Social Economy - A Literature Review for BALTA Social Economy Research Cluster 1

Abstract

One of the first steps in any research process is to undertake a thorough review of the existing literature in a particular area in order to understand the field of knowledge that is being drawn from and built upon. In addition to mapping the social economy in an organizational sense, it is also important from an academic point of view to “map” the existing literature in order to situate the contributions of BALTA within the broader social economy field. Based on the above, this literature review was conducted in 2007 covering topic areas related to BALTA's Social Economy Research Cluster (SERC)#1 - Social Enterprises in Human Services and Affordable Housing.