This paper deals with the fourth feature of the social state ? the policies that sustain economic activity and employment. Contemporary post-Keynesian economists generally support the principles of functional finance that were proposed by Abba Lerner. These principles now benefit from better...

This paper approaches the problem of CSR in the context of social economy development in New Member States at the example of Poland. We explore the opportunities for companies to engage into socially beneficial undertakings with direct rather than indirect economic advantages. Namely, we...

Di Domenico M., Tracey P. and Haugh H. Social economy involvement in public service delivery: community engagement and accountability, Regional Studies. This paper considers the policy changes that have led to the outsourcing of contracts for the delivery of public services in the UK, with a...

This article aims to investigate the multiple meanings of "économie sociale" ("social economy"), a term which first appeared in France at the founding moment of modern capitalism, both as a concept in the framework for the creation of a social science in close relation with the tradition of...

In the past decade, there has been a growing interest in reinforcing the role of social economy in Greece, due to significant changes in the labor market, the economic recession and the public sector failure to cover social needs. Given the fact that there is limited research literature on this...

“Evaluation” and „good practices” can be found and analyzed in detail on the wide realm of interdisciplinary and social fields, which requires a brief definition in order to maintain the rigor and clarity, but also an analysis of those conceptual areas which study the relationship...

During the past 20 years, social economy became a subject of interest because its organisations had to assume an increasing role in the production and supply of social goods and services of public interest. In Romania, although forms of social economy existed for a very long time in society, we...

This article aims to investigate the multiple meanings of "économie sociale" ("social economy"), a term which first appeared in France at the founding moment of modern capitalism, both as a concept in the framework for the creation of a social science in close relation with the tradition of...

An attempt is made to answer some important, controversial and provocative questions: What is social innovation? Do we need to distinguish 'social innovation' in the general category of innovation? To what extend 'social economy' and 'social innovation' can be considered as a new paradigm in the...