List of Key References

A list of references extracted from major publications in the field that provide an overview of the theoretical foundations of EMES:

BORZAGA, C. and BACCHIEGA, A. (2003), "The Economics of the Third Sector: a More Comprehensive Approach" in The Study of Non Profit Enterprises: Theories and Approaches, H. K. Anheier and A. Ben Ner (eds.), Kluwer, New York.

DEFOURNY, J. (2001), "From Third Sector to Social Enterprise" in The Emergence of Social Enterprise, Borzaga, C. and Defourny, J., (eds.), Routledge, London, pp. 1-28.

DEFOURNY, J. and DEVELTERE, P. (1999), "Social Economy: the Worldwide Making of a Third Sector" in Social economy. North and South, J. Defourny, P. Develtere and B. Fonteneau (eds.), De Boeck, Bruxelles, 1999, pp. 25-56.
(Also published in Dutch, French and Spanish)

DEFOURNY, J. and NYSSENS, M. (2006), "Defining Social Enterprise" in Nyssens, M. (ed.) Social Enterprise – At the crossroads of market, public policies and civil society, London and New York : Routledge.

EVERS, A. and LAVILLE, J.-L. (with C. Borzaga, J. Defourny, J. Lewis, M. Nyssens, V. Pestoff) (2004), "Defining the third sector in Europe" in The Third Sector in Europe, A. Evers and J.-L. Laville (eds.), Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 11-42.

LAVILLE, J.-L. and NYSSENS, M., "The Social Enterprise: Toward A Theoretical Approach" in The Emergence of Social Enterprise by C. Borzaga and J. Defourny (eds.), Routledge, London and New York, 2001, pp. 312-332.

FONTENEAU, B., NYSSENS, M., FALL, A.S.,  (2000), "The informal sector: testing ground for practices of the solidarity-based economy?" in Social Economy, North and South, J. Defourny, P. Develtere, B. Fonteneau (eds.), Liege and Leuven: CES and Hiva, pp. 145-163.