La Economia Social Y Solidaria

La Economía social y solidaria: ¿mito o realidad? (Spanish)
Título alterno:
Social and Solidary Economy: Mith or Reality? (English)
Idioma:
SpanishAutores:
Valle, Luciano Martínez1 lmatinez@flacso.org.ec
Fuente:
Íconos. Revista de Ciencias Sociales; 2009, Issue 34,p107-113, 7p
Tipo de documento:
Article
Descriptores:
ECONOMICS-- Sociological aspects
SOCIAL cohesion
UTOPIAS
PRODUCTION (Economic theory)
HETEROGENEITY
MERCANTILE systemPalabras clave proporcionadas por el autor:
social economy
solidary economy
third sector
economía social
economía solidariatercer sector
Language of Keywords: English; Spanish
Abstract (English):
Thisarticle examines the social and solidary economy with a view to clarifying misunderstandings and outlining some of its limitations. The article begins by analysing the contradictions anddifficulties included in the term "solidary economy" itself. Then it questions some of the elements presents in this theory: its utopianism, productive heterogeneity, the distinct perspectives fromwhich it can be understood, and the ultimate economic objectives it seeks to attain, and the way in which the social and solidary economy relate to the mercantile and public economies. Thearticle will revisit some of the obstacles that have emerged out of the concrete case studies examine in the articles included in the previous dossier of Íconos (No 33). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]...