Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; The Social Economy, the State and the City; Rolling Back and Rolling Out; Disembedding and Re-embedding; Social and Solidarity; Structure of the Argument; 2 The...

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