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The first EMES Working Paper of 2013 is authored by Jacques Defourny and Marthe Nyssens and it is the Spanish version of the working paper published in 2012 (WP 12. 03) entitled "The EMES Approach of Social Enterprise in a Comparative Perspective". The title is Spanish is "El enfoque EMES de empresa social desde una perspectiva comp

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The first objective of the present paper is to deepen the transatlantic dialogue between social enterprise debates as embodied in their respective European and US contexts, as well as to underline distinct developments they now tend to experience. However, what seems really at stake, beyond conceptual debates, is the place and the role of social e

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One of the aspects of the collaboration between the RILESS and EMES includes the identification (and, to the largest possible extent, the dissemination) of articles, texts and book sections that contributed, in a particular way, to the mutual understanding of realities linked to the social and solidarity economy in Latin America and Europe. We have

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One of the aspects of the collaboration between the RILESS and EMES includes the identification (and, to the largest possible extent, the dissemination) of articles, texts and book sections that contributed, in a particular way, to the mutual understanding of realities linked to the social and solidarity economy in Latin America and Europe. We have

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The following is a selection of papers presented at the conference in Roskilde. The selected papers are divided according to the sessions in which they were presented during the conference, as follow: 1. 1. Theorising social innovation 1. 2. Deliberative democracy, civil society and social entrepreneurship 1. 5. Social impact assessment 2. 2.

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This book is the result of an international study by leading economists and sociologists from across Europe and North-America. The response of the new social economy (primarily voluntary and co-operative sectors) to social exclusion and employability in the context of crises of unemployment and the welfare state is of wide international concern. T

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By comparing the different national experiences of each country, the book traces the most significant developments in social entrepreneurship emerging in Europe. The work also examines the more traditional non-profit or third sector organizations. The final chapters present an initial attempt to outline a theory of social enterprise. The research

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Published on May 2004 under the direction of A. Evers and J. -L. Laville, this book explores Europe’s third sector – the non-profit organisations and providers of social services such as mutuals, co-operatives, associations, voluntary organisations and charities. These elements of a civil society, important yet often overlooked features in c

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The success of liberalism has left an important part of real economy in the dark for a long time, its supporters even presenting it as the only possible model. This pretension is now disputed, particularly by the movement asking for "another type of globalisation" or "globalisation in solidarity". This movement, far from produ

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In one of its previous books, the EMES network traced the most significant developments in 'social entrepreneurship' emerging inside the third sector in Europe. Building upon that seminal work, the present book presents the results of an extensive research project carried out over a four-year period. More precisely, this book develops a theory of

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Public management research has in recent years paid increasing attention to the third sector, especially to its role in the provision of public services. Evidence of this is the rising number of publications on the topic, as well as a growing number of sessions and papers on the topic in academic conferences of the European Group for Public Admini

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The global financial crisis has renewed concern about whether capitalist markets are the best way of organising economic life. Would it not be better if we were to treat the economy as something made and remade by people themselves, rather than as an impersonal machine?The object of a human economy is the reproduction of human beings and of whatev

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The market, the state and the third sector have all been heralded as central agents in civilising modern societies. It has been claimed that participation in voluntary associations enables people to learn civic skills and, in effect, to become more "civilized". Likewise, there are claims about the civilising effects of doux commerce, an

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The concept of co-production spread in recent years to Europe and elsewhere, and is now used by researchers in many parts of the world to analyse citizen participation in the provision of publicly financed services, regardless of the provider. This book addresses the nexus of issues and disciplines interested in co-production, and through them it m

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Nowadays there is plenty of discussion around the issues of integration and inclusion, especially for some social or occupational categories such as youth, seniors, workers who lose their jobs, etc. While the current economic system does produce exclusion, it offers also a great mechanism for the insertion and reintegration into the social fabric o

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Shortly you will be able to download the Table of contents of this book and a short bio of the authors. In addition, we will include a brief description of the book in English. Go here to purchase this volume.

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