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Grassroots Utopias in Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)

In: Imagine, Studying the Relationship between Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) and Imaginary in the Era of Capitalocene

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  • Nadine RICHEZ-BATTESTI

    (LEST-CNRS Aix Marseille University, France)

  • Mariagrazia CAIRO CROCCO

    (CGGG-CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, France)

Abstract

From association to multi-stakeholder organizations, new organizational models and forms of work are emerging as objects that hold out the promise of emancipation from, and alternatives to neoliberalism. They constitute workplaces with a utopian aim ? often in the context of social micro-experiments ? which reflect a specific relationship with a particular territory. From this perspective, how can we observe and analyze these new forms of work both from the point of view of the organizations that support them and the meaning of the work associated with them, at both the organizational level and the level of the active participants? Are its promises being translated into sustainable alternatives and at what cost? These questions take on their full meaning in a context where aspirations to transform society are being reaffirmed in the face of the challenges of necessary transitions. We adopt a qualitative analysis built on 4 case studies in France.

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  • Nadine RICHEZ-BATTESTI & Mariagrazia CAIRO CROCCO, 2024. "Grassroots Utopias in Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)," CIRIEC Studies Series, in: Alexandrine LAPOUTTE & Timothée DUVERGER & Eric DACHEUX & CIRIEC (ed.), Imagine, Studying the Relationship between Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) and Imaginary in the Era of Capitalocene, volume 6, chapter 4, pages 63-76, CIRIEC - Université de Liège.
    • Handle: RePEc:crc:chapte:6-04
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    Keywords

    utopias; SSE; governance; work; emancipation; territory;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • L31 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Nonprofit Institutions; NGOs; Social Entrepreneurship
    • M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management
    • O35 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Social Innovation

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