• What is the social economy? Contested ground or alternative lenses? 

  Wulff, Stuart (BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2010-09-30)

  This power point presentation explores the emergence of the social economy as a field of study and examines several approaches to defining and conceptualizing the social economy. It suggests that each approach has utility ...

• 2008 BALTA Symposium Program 

  BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) (2010-07-15)

  The BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) held its first symposium in November 2008 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This is the program for the two day event.

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

  Turok, Ivan (2008-02-18)

  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 ...

• The Emilian Model - Profile of a Co-operative Economy 

  Restakis, John (2007-09-18)

  Restakis, John John is a co-investigator in the BALTA node and he is the director of a partner organization, the BC Co-operative Association. Emilia-Romagna is a region in Italy that is among the most economically ...

• Community-Based Recycling put on Hold: Cambridge’s failed bid to replicate the ERS 

  Knobloch, Frank (Making Waves, 1995)

  Inspired by the success of the Edmonton Recycling Society,(Guenter, 1995) an innovative CED organization in Southern Ontario mobilized to compete for a major recycling contract in the Waterloo region. However, procurement ...

• 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 ...

• Breaking The Rules : Strategies For The Survival Of Small Investment Funds 

  MacLeod, Greg (Making Waves, 1998)

  By definition, the credit needs of marginalized communities and populations are unlikely to be met by conventional means. Reflecting on the success of BCA Holdings, Inc., Greg McCleod, one of the pioneers of CED and Community ...

• Revelstoke Community Forest Corporation: A Community Venture Repatriates Benefits from Local Public Forests 

  Weir, Doug; Pearce, Cindy (Making Waves, 1995)

  Economically prostrate in the mid 1980s, the town of Revelstoke, BC has demonstrated how a small community can regain a say in its economic future. The Revelstoke Community Forest Corporation (RCFC) is a community-owned ...

• The Root of the Matter: Insiders Guide to Community Renewal #1 

  Gilson, Bob; McNair, Don; Lewis, Mike; LePage, David (Making Waves, 2004)

  A graphic history of Community Renewal that discusses how the economy became separated from society, and what we can do about it.

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