BALTA Social Economy Reader: Recent submissions
Now showing items 61-73 of 73
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The Political Imperative: Civil Society and the Politics of Empowerment
(Making Waves, 2004)There's a driving desire in this country right now for deep change to the way we live and govern ourselves. I see it ion the women's movement, the co-op movement, the environmental movement, in labour, in community economic ... -
Peak Oil, Marginal Communities, and You
(Making Waves, 2006)How expensive energy will change community practice. -
New Synergies: The Co-operative Movement, CED, and the Social Economy
(Making Waves, 2004)It is said that "at the core of every co-ops history is an unmet need." -
Introduction to SE Reader
(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 ... -
Faith Based Support for CED: God's call for Justice
(Making Waves, 2001)Karl Polanyi did not look upon the reconstruction of society as primarily a political task that could be achieved by a government with socialist ideas. Reconstruction had to be social. -
Co-ops, the social economy, and CED in Quebec
(Making Waves, 2001)Understanding the relationship between CED and the co-operative movement in Quebec -
CED & the Social Economy
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Building a Solidarity Economy in the 21st Century
(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 -
The Solidarity Economy in North America : An Emerging Debate - January 2007
(2007-03-03)The language of the solidarity economy is not exactly common vocabulary in Canada or the U.S. Even among practitioners and activists in community economic development, the social economy, co-operatives, economic democracy ... -
Building Community Wealth
(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. -
Social Enterprise in Human Services and Affordable Housing
(2007-03-04)Human services and affordable housing are two constant themes in the history of CED and the social economy. This is not surprising. How we care for each other, or not, speaks centrally to the character of our social relations ... -
Concepts and Context
(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 ... -
Natural Resources, Local Development, Social Enterprise
(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 ...