Community development, local economic development and the social economy

2005 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margita Lukkarinen
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
The Social

Generating Social Capital?

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mel Evans ◽  
Stephen Syrett
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
The Social

In seeking to understand and promote long-term and inclusive models of local economic development the notion of social capital appears potentially important. In the development of the social economy, an aspect of the local economy which has attracted an increased theoretical and policy focus in recent years, the relationship with social capital appears particularly significant.Yet despite the apparent salience of notions of social capital, there remains a lack of understanding of the nature and extent of existing social capital resources and the precise manner in which these are drawn upon in the development of the social economy to generate further social capital within the local development process. In part this is a result of the conceptual confusion surrounding the notion of social capital, but it also reflects a lack of empirical research. This article explores the notion of social capital and the manner in which it is produced, reproduced and used locally within the social economy as part of the local economic development process. Findings are presented from a transnational European research project which examined the development of social enterprises and the social economy within different localities in order to seek to better understand their interrelationships with the local production and use of social capital.These findings emphasize the importance of contextualization in the study of local social capital and the importance of interpretative approaches for area-based policy development.

scholarly journals Anchoring the social economy at the metropolitan scale: Findings from the Liverpool City Region

Urban Studies ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 004209802097265
Author(s):  
Matthew Thompson ◽  
Alan Southern ◽  
Helen Heap
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Future Research ◽  
City Region ◽  
Anchor Institutions ◽  
Urban Economic Development ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Economies ◽  
The City

This article revisits debates on the contribution of the social economy to urban economic development, specifically focusing on the scale of the city region. It presents a novel tripartite definition – empirical, essentialist, holistic – as a useful frame for future research into urban social economies. Findings from an in-depth case study of the scale, scope and value of the Liverpool City Region’s social economy are presented through this framing. This research suggests that the social economy has the potential to build a workable alternative to neoliberal economic development if given sufficient tailored institutional support and if seen as a holistic integrated city-regional system, with anchor institutions and community anchor organisations playing key roles.

Research on Financial Support for Rural Economic Development in China

2014 ◽  
Vol 651-653 ◽  
pp. 1623-1626
Author(s):  
Lei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Income Growth ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Rural Economic Development ◽  
The Social ◽  
Rural Production

Nowdays, science and technology are growing in leaps and bounds; the social economy is also increasingly developing. However, our country’s rural economy is still backward represented by modest income growth and poor living standard of the peasants, which have become a serious problem to be solved in our country’s economy and society. To boost rural economic development can hardly do without financial support; insufficient rural financial support will hinder rural economic development. Only increasing the financial support of rural economic development could promote rural production, rural development and income of the peasants.

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