scholarly journals To Find Own Path

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Turar Koychuev
Keyword(s):  
Free Market ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Structure Transition ◽  
Legal Structure ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Social ◽  
Demographic Processes ◽  
Search And Selection ◽  
Knowledge Intensive

The report reviews the search and selection of ideology, concept and models of economic development in the post-Soviet space with account of historical peculiarities, demographic processes, natural resources, scales of country and its economy, new political and legal structure, transition to open and free market economy. It evaluates the current state, defines objectives of development and ways of their implementation for a full-fledged establishment of the social economy, taking a rightful place in the world economy, which is appropriate to its own possibilities and needs, knowledge-intensive and receptive to innovations and in-demand within the international geo-economical space. In the end, must be approved by the inter-state peaceful coexistence, political tolerance, social solidarity, mutually beneficial economic cooperation that ensures a prosperous development of societies and States that Man lived happily ever after.

scholarly journals The emergence of a Social Innovation Ecosystem in Portugal: An exploratory approach based on the perspective of strategic stakeholders

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-34
Author(s):  
Hugo Pinto ◽  
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Sílvia Ferreira ◽  
Jorge André Guerreiro ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Innovation ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Hybrid Structure ◽  
Interesting Case ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Exploratory Approach ◽  
Innovation Dynamics ◽  
The Social

The concept of ecosystem has been used to describe a dynamic set of relationships, services and interdependencies that potentiate the creation, renewal and growth of organizations. Social innovation is largely influenced by ecosystem conditions. The Portuguese social innovation ecosystem is a particularly interesting case study, as it assumes a hybrid structure that expresses a variety of policy schemes, networks and support structures. This article debates the concept of social innovation ecosystem and presents an exploratory approach to its mapping. Based on interviews with strategic stakeholders in the social and solidarity economy and social enterprises, the study elaborates on the specificities of the social innovation ecosystem. The Portuguese ecosystem is comprised of three sub-ecosystems that show different weights, limited connections and overlapping: social economy, social business, and the social solidarity ecosystem. The article concludes with an overview of the current state of social innovation, emphasizing the perspectives of stakeholders on recent experiences that the Portuguese state has developed in establishing dialogue within organizations integrating social innovation dynamics.

scholarly journals Sustainable Development in Portuguese Social Economy Entities: The Environmental Responsibility of Private Social Solidarity Institutions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graça Azevedo ◽  
Denise Curi ◽  
Alberto J. Costa ◽  
Ana Maria Bandeira ◽  
Augusta Ferreira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Environmental Management Systems ◽  
Environmental Responsibility ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Environmental Behaviour ◽  
The Social

Social Economy institutions seek to provide answers to social problems, given that they naturally have a socially responsible mission. This study aims to answer the research question: how sustainable practices, namely environmental behaviour, have been adopted by Portuguese Private Social Solidarity Institutions (IPSS) with the purpose of contributing to Sustainable Development? To achieve this objective, qualitative research was carried out in 31 IPSS, which was framed within the scope of the TFA project (Theoretical framework for promotion of accountability in the social economy sector: the IPSS case). Semi-structured interviews were conducted, with a script based on the literature review, from May to July 2019, with those responsible for the management of these entities. A content analysis was conducted, using the NVivo12 Version 12.6.0 software, which enables data to be coded and categorised, reducing any researcher bias. The results indicate that most entities carry out activities of an environmental nature, related to the reuse of materials, the recycling of waste, the sale of materials for recycling, and user awareness. Several entities expressed financial limitations to the implementation of Environmental Management Systems and their accomplishment. However, the objections presented are not impossible to overcome, according to studies presented in other countries.

Controlling the Wilderness: The Work of Wilderness Officers

2003 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helene Lawson
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Renewable Resources ◽  
Boundary Work ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Scientific Management ◽  
Work Culture ◽  
Legal Structure ◽  
The Social

AbstractIdeologies having roots in the legal structure of the system of wildlife protection characterize the work culture of the Pennsylvania wilderness officer. This paper examines these ideologies and the characteristically strong social solidarity of the community of wilderness officers. Wilderness officers are both law enforcement agents and conservationists. They mediate between human and animal as well as between what is considered scientific management and what is considered unenlightened and even lawless behavior. In performing this boundary work, wilderness officers participate in the social construction of the science of land management, which views animals as renewable resources. The wilderness officer's job is to insure the continuation of this resource as a part of the natural heritage of Pennsylvania and the United States. The wilderness officer's concept of "animal" becomes a byproduct of this social construction and of the culture of hunting that supports it. The rural upbringing common to many officers suits them ideally to their task.

scholarly journals Social economy advancement: from voluntary to secure organizational commitments to public benefit

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen M. Haugh
Keyword(s):  
Policy Development ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Public Benefit ◽  
Legal Structure ◽  
Community Interest ◽  
The Social

Purpose This paper aims to explain the development of the social economy by analyzing when, why and how the community interest company (CIC) legal structure was established in the UK. The CIC legal structure was designed for social enterprise to ensure that company assets are committed to public benefit in perpetuity. Design/methodology/approach This research paper uses archival data and semistructured interviews to analyze the historical development of the social economy, emergence of social enterprise and the establishment of the CIC legal structure. Findings The historical analysis describes why and how the idea for the CIC emerged from practitioners and explains how collaboration between practitioners, lawyers, civil servants and politicians established the CIC as a new legal structure for social enterprise. Practical implications The analysis explains how practitioners influenced policy development and demonstrates how practitioner influence can be usefully incorporated into policy development. Social implications The CIC legal structure advanced the social economy by creating an institutionally recognized brand identity for social enterprise that locks assets to public benefit in perpetuity. Originality/value The paper presents a detailed empirical account of the establishment of a new legal structure for social enterprise and applies theoretical concepts to develop an integrated account of social economy advancement.

scholarly journals Framework for the Promotion of Accountability in the Social Economy: The Specific Case of Private Social Solidarity Institutions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Augusta Ferreira ◽  
Carlos Santos ◽  
Helena Inácio ◽  
Alberto J. Costa ◽  
Ana Maria Bandeira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Question ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Soft Law ◽  
Pilot Test ◽  
Legal Compliance ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Hard Law ◽  
The Social

Given the extreme importance of improving the accountability of Private Social Solidarity Institutions (IPSS), both for reasons of legal compliance (hard law) and for reasons of improving legitimacy and notoriety among their stakeholders (soft law), this paper aims to present a framework designed under a more comprehensive research project, for the assessment of IPSS accountability and, consequently, its improvement. This study also present results of the indicators conceived, identifying the main trends of the framework dimensions and sub-dimensions from a pilot test for the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 in Portugal. Given the results, we believe that the framework designed answers the research question: How to promote accountability (social, financial and economic) in the social economy sector, in particular: the case of the IPSS?, however, as this is an exploratory article, it incorporates the limitation that this is a pilot test with only 7 entities.

scholarly journals Social Prospects of the Science and Digital Economy Development in Ukraine

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Technology Development ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
Social Perspectives ◽  
The Social ◽  
Knowledge Intensive

The article is devoted to the research of social perspectives of science and digital economy development in Ukraine. The main tasks set and resolved in the article were: to study the social advantages of the digital economy and science development, analysis of the negative effects of these processes and directions of their minimization, the proposal of social perspectives for the development of science and digital economics. During the research such methods of synthesis and analysis, comparison and systematization have been used. The article founds that the main social benefits of science and the digital economy development are related to the system of education, medicine and welfare of people. Negative aspects of these processes are technological unemployment, temporary uneven income of the population, changes in the regional structure of the factors of production placement, a significant gap between technology development of developed countries and developing countries. It is possible to minimize these negative consequences through the system of personnel retraining and small and medium-sized businesses development. The statistical indicators of the science development in Ukraine have been analyzed and the lagging behind the specific expenses for carrying out scientific researches in comparison with EU countries has been established. The main social perspectives for the science and the digital economy development are the introduction of an effective policy in the labor market focused on the latest technologies and innovations; mobility of workers; creation of clusters of knowledge intensive industries and universities; the use of social networks to form the country's brand and the development of common social values in society; introduction of the main directions of the European concept of digital science in Ukraine for increasing integration into the European scientific space; active participation in the Horizon 2020 program for joint Ukrainian-European projects. Prospects for further research in this area will reveal the influence of science on the development of the social economy in Ukraine and destruction factors.

Social and Solidarity Economy in Uruguay

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anabel Rieiro
Keyword(s):  
Social Transformation ◽  
Free Market ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Solidarity Economy ◽  
World Social Forum ◽  
Democratic Management ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Socioeconomic Crisis

The social and solidarity economy is a widely used concept to indicate economic logics based on solidarity and the centrality of sustainability in life, differentiating them from the hegemonic economy unilaterally based on rational individualism, the maximization of profits, and the free market. It involves dynamic and specific sociohistoric constructions. In Uruguay, cooperative organizations, which have been in existence for more than a century, are traditionally identified with these types of practices. Cooperativism developed in dialogue with the distinct stages of Uruguayan history and over the last fifteen years, these experiences have tripled, based on the strengthening of public policies for the promotion and support of the sector. Institutional consolidation and the long trajectory of distinct sectors of cooperativism, mutualism, and rural development societies tend to be identified with the social economy. On the other hand, around the dawn of the new century, there emerged a diversity of forms of organization and networks which emphasized the need for social transformation, appealing to practices based on solidarity and reciprocity, both between people and between them and the environment. In general, these are decentralized structures which, in a regional context marked by the socioeconomic crisis and the slogan of the World Social Forum of “another world is possible,” organize economic activities according to the principles of democratic management, cooperation, autonomy, and transformation.

SOCIAL CLAUSES AS AN INSTRUMENT SUPPORTING THE SOCIAL ECONOMY SECTOR

2021 ◽  
Vol 572-573 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 16-23
Author(s):  
Izabela Hebda-Czaplicka
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Free Market ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Research Results ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Legal Measure

Based on the research results, the article presents opinions of the representatives of social economy sector and local authorities on the current use of social clauses indicated in public procurement regulations, which are a tool oriented at increase of participation of the social economy sector in the public procurement market. The research confirms low usage of social clauses mechanism. The main constraints in use of these tools by local authorities include: lack of sufficient knowledge about social benefits arising from providing social services by social economy units and fear of using a legal measure that limits competition of entities operating on the free market. The respondents underline that information about the goals of social economy and the its potential are the basis for activities aimed at increasing interest in using the social clause mechanism.

Handicraft industry in Russia in the second half of the 19th century: study results and further scientific research directions

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (04-1) ◽  
pp. 51-73
Author(s):  
Vladimir Egorov ◽  
Olga Zozulya
Keyword(s):  
Social Economy ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Industry Research ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Social ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Xix Century ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
First Time

The article describes the current state of Russian handicraft industry research and outlines benchmarks for further studies. According to the authors, the completed historiographical path and the introduction of a wide range of sources into scientific circulation allows us to shift the focus of further research to issues related to determining the regional specifics of the traditional handicrafts transformation alongside the modernization of the social economy evolving in the second half of the XIX century. On the basis of the sources, including those introduced into scientific circulation for the first time, the authors show the specifics of the transformation of the peasant industry of the Black Earth Belt in the competitive business environment.

scholarly journals Rola lidera społecznego w tworzeniu lepszej jakości życia

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 209-221
Author(s):  
Zofia Chyra-Rolicz ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Transition Period ◽  
Free Market ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Cultural Work ◽  
Personal Attributes ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Many

This paper presents the role of co-operative leaders in creating a better life in the communal scope. Pioneers and activists from succeeding generations established many forms of common co-operative activities in the 19th and 20th centuries in different areas of the Polish lands. The main goals were to consider the groups of people living in poverty among the peasants, craftsmen and merchants, and to combine them in common economic activities, including social and cultural work toward national spirit. There were still co-operative leaders operating during the inter-war period, during the Nazi occupation, after the Second World War and the times of transition after 1989/1990. Their activities are shown in the historical perspective, against social and local backgrounds, the methods of the co-operative movement, careers, personal attributes and achievements. The characteristics of these co-operative leaders from past and contemporary times can be useful in understanding actual challenges for co-operative leaders in a local scope. The paper is based on historical analysis of biographical and historical literature, scientific workshops and contemporary co-operative journalism. The system of co-operative education in towns and the countryside were destroyed during the transition period. The many occasional courses and training sessions, organized by co-operative auditory unions for their employees, cannot excise this gap. The education of contemporary managers is oriented toward free market rivalry, corporations and the race for enlarging surpluses, eliminating social responsibility for business organization and collaboration in the needs of local societies. Examples of co-operative leaders can be useful in the creation of activists for the social economy. Modern co-operative leaders should combine a charismatic personality with extensive knowledge and an annalistic mind. They are the hope for the revitalization of the co-operative movement.

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