The solidarity economy alternative : emerging theory and practice

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Title:

Author:

Satgar, Vishwas.

ISBN:

9781869142575

Publication Information:

Scottsville, South Africa : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2014.

Physical Description:

xiv, 318 pages . : illustrations ; 23 cm

General Note:

"This book brings together contributions from leading thinkers and practitioners supporting the solidarity economy alternative in South Africa, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Italy and the United States ... This book is for anyone concerned about democracy, transformative politics and emancipatory utopian alternatives."--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

The crises of global capitalism and the solidarity economy alternative / Conceptual approaches. The solidarity economy and social transformation / Notes for a political economy of creativity and solidarity / The social economy in Italy : limits and possibilities / The solidarity economy in the United States and Brazil. The emergence of the United States Solidarity Economy Network / The solidarity economy in Brazil / From open spaces to hierarchy : solidarity economy forums in Brazil / The solidarity economy in South Africa. The solidarity economy alternative in South Africa : prospects and challenges / The solidarity economy response to the agrarian crisis in South Africa / Linking food sovereignty and the solidarity economy in South African townships / The Mineline factory occupation : pathway to the solidarity economy

Subject Term:

Cooperative societies.

Solidarity -- Economic aspects.

Social change.

Social change -- South Africa.

Capitalism.

Neoliberalism.

Neoliberalism -- South Africa.

Economic development -- Citizen participation.

Economics -- Sociological aspects.

Globalization -- Economic aspects.

Geographic Term:

South Africa -- Economic policy -- 21st century.

Added Author:

Satgar, Vishwas.

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Summary

Our contemporary world is plagued by a deep crisis that threatens the survival of our species and the planet. In the midst of this dire situation, we are being misled - by transnational corporations, governments, mainstream media networks, and spin doctors - to believe that neoliberal capitalism has all the answers and can overcome any crisis. But, can more of the same and a blind faith in capitalism save our world? Many are not convinced and there is a crucial awakening taking place. The rise of transnational activism - the World Social Forum, the Arab Spring, Occupy, the Climate Justice Movement, and a post-neoliberal left - affirms the need for alternatives to global neoliberal capitalism. A crucial idea and practice emerging from this ferment is the solidarity economy alternative. This book brings together contributions from leading thinkers and practitioners supporting the solidarity economy alternative in South Africa, the US, the UK, Brazil, and Italy. For the first time, there is an attempt to clarify, rather than codify, meanings of the solidarity economy, to emphasize crucial theoretical concepts at work in the emergent solidarity economy, and to highlight situated movement-building experiences and ways in which the anti-capitalist logic of the solidarity economy can be constituted from below. The book is for anyone concerned about democracy, transformative politics, and emancipatory utopian alternatives. [Subject: Politics, Economics]