What does the solidarity economy actually have to offer in the context of the current economic crisis? Let’s look at three areas that were involved both in bringing about the crisis and that are now in crisis: housing, finance and jobs.
Books & Articles
Content
The Editorial Team members – who are we?
US Social Forum, Detroit, June 22nd – 26th 2010
International Forum on Social and Solidarity Economy: Public Authorities and Civil Society: October 2011, Montreal (Canada)
Solidarity Economy I: Building Alternatives for People and Planet (New publication)
Labour Unions and the Solidarity Economy: The Quebec Experience
Towards the European P’Actes: Promoting co-operative territorial economy as a means of combating poverty and social exclusion
This report by Yvon Poirier and Emily Kawano outlines both the historical emergence and the contemporary possibilities of a solidarity economy movement in the North American context. July 2008.
This power point can be used as a tool in "Solidarity Economy 101" workshops and presentations to offer a basic framework for thinking about solidarity economics and solidarity economy organizing. (Note: Notes and an accompanying audio presentation to supplement this power point will be coming soon...).
A paper by Kevin Carson outlining small-scale, locally-based alternatives to the present model of industrial production.
"Participatory democracy" is a central feature of the solidarity economy. In this essay, Mike Mensner and Juscha Robinson discuss this concept, focusing on the practice of "participatory budgeting," an innovation first made famous in Brazil but now spreading to more than 1,000 cities worldwide.
An introduction to diverse concepts and definitions of "solidarity economy," with voices from SE theorists and practitioners around the world. By Jenna Allard and Julie Matthaei, USSEN (2007).
A collection of articles written for the February 2007 issue of Dollars & Sense Magazine. By the Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO) Collective.
An introductory booklet about solidarity economics as a set of concepts and organizing practices. By Ethan Miller (2003).
A tool to place solidarity economy initiatives into a "whole economy" context and to facilitate discussion regarding possible areas for relationship-building and strategic intervention. By Ethan Miller.
