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List of contents
1. Introduction: Unravelling the Global Terms of the Social and Solidarity Economy
2. A Video Based Case Study Research Methodology for Studying the Social and Solidarity Economy
3. A Decolonial Approach to Understand the Social and Solidarity Economy in the Andean Region
4. Complementary Currencies in Europe: The Cases of United Kingdom and Spain
5. Social and Solidarity Economy and the Environment:
Exploring the Contribution of the ‘Cinderella’ Economy to Waste Reduction
6. Breaking the Paradigm of Vulnerability: Diversity and Inclusion Within the SSE
7. Alternative Tourism and the Social and Solidarity Economy: Exploring Social and Solidarity Tourism Initiatives in the Global South
8. Global Citizenship and the Evolution of Social Movements Working Under the Social and Solidarity Economy Umbrella
9. Social and Solidarity Economy in Post-Conflict Sub-Saharan Africa: Changing Attitudes and Approaches to Development
10. The New Spirit of Capitalism: Cultural Capitalism’s Syntoms and the Role of the SSE in the Advent of a New System
About the author
Sara Calvo is the co-founder and director of a social enterprise organisation, Living in Minca and Minca Ventures and a Senior Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour and the Social Enterprise Coordinator at the Enterprise Development Hub at Middlesex University Business School, London, UK.
Andres Morales is co-founder of Living in Minca and a PhD candidate at The Open University in the UK.
Yanni Zikidis is a filmmaker/editor with a MA in Post-Production Editing from Bournemouth University, UK.
Summary
This book aims to provide the reader with an insight into the relevance of a section of the economy, which is often referred to as the ‘social and solidarity economy’ (SSE); and highlight some of the current issues in the field, how they are being addressed and some of their future implications.
