LEADER 04254oam 2200745 450 001 9910136394403321 005 20240123033225.0 010 $a1-77199-023-6 010 $a1-77199-022-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000610893 035 $a(EBL)4454594 035 $a(OCoLC)948393774 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001636124 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16387924 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001636124 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14950944 035 $a(PQKB)11012137 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4839971 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4454594 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/58916 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/ds26m4 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000610893 100 $a20160415d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn#---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aScaling up $ethe convergence of sustainability and the social economy /$feditors, Mike Gismondi, Sean Connelly, Mary Beckie, Sean Markey, Mark Roseland 210 $cAthabasca University Press$d2016 210 1$aEdmonton [Alberta] :$cAU Press,$d[2016]. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (314 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a1-77199-021-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $a"When citizens take collaborative action to meet the needs of their community, they are participating in the social economy. Co-operatives, community-based social services, local non-profit organizations, and charitable foundations are all examples of social economies that emphasize mutual benefit rather than the accumulation of profit. While such groups often participate in market-based activities to achieve their goals, they also pose an alternative to the capitalist market economy. Contributors to Scaling Up investigated innovative social economies in British Columbia and Alberta and discovered that achieving a social good through collective, grassroots enterprise resulted in a sustainable way of satisfying human needs that was also, by extension, environmentally responsible. As these case studies illustrate, organizations that are capable of harnessing the power of a social economy generally demonstrate a commitment to three outcomes: greater social justice, financial self-sufficiency, and environmental sustainability. Within the matrix of these three allied principles lie new strategic directions for the politics of sustainability. Whether they were examining attainable and affordable housing initiatives, co-operative approaches to the provision of social services, local credit unions, farmers' markets, or community-owned power companies, the contributors found social economies providing solutions based on reciprocity and an understanding of how parts function within the whole--an understanding that is essential to sustainability. In these locally defined and controlled, democratically operated organizations we see possibilities for a more human economy that is capable of transforming the very social and technical systems that make our current way of life unsustainable."--$cProviced by publisher. 606 $aCooperative societies$zBritish Columbia$vCase studies 606 $aCooperative societies$zAlberta$vCase studies 606 $aSustainable development$zBritish Columbia$vCase studies 606 $aSustainable development$zAlberta$vCase studies 607 $aAlberta$2fast 607 $aBritish Columbia$2fast 610 $asustainable development 610 $aenvironment 610 $aeconomics 610 $acredit unions 610 $aAlberta 610 $acooperatives 610 $aBritish Columbia 615 0$aCooperative societies 615 0$aCooperative societies 615 0$aSustainable development 615 0$aSustainable development 676 $a334.09711 702 $aGismondi$b Michael Anthony 702 $aMarkey$b Sean Patrick$f1970- 702 $aBeckie$b Mary$f1954- 702 $aConnelly$b Sean$f1975- 702 $aRoseland$b Mark 801 0$bFINmELB 801 1$bFINmELB $d UkMaJRU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910136394403321 996 $aScaling up$93414341 997 $aUNINA