Researching the Social Economy.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- 1 What's in a Name? -- 2 A Portrait of the Ontario Social Economy -- 3 The Social Economy in Quebec: Towards a New Political Economy -- 4 The Social Economy in Europe: Trends and Challenges -- 5 A Comparative Analysis of Voluntary Sector/Government Relations in Canada and England -- 6 Capturing Complexity: The Ontario Government Relationship with the Social Economy Sector -- 7 Notes in the Margins: The Social Economy in Economics and Business Textbooks -- 8 Mandatory High School Community Service in Ontario: Assessing and Improving Its Impact -- 9 Strategic Partnerships: Community Climate Change Partners and Resilience to Funding Cuts -- 10 The Online Social Economy: Canadian Nonprofits and the Internet -- 11 Corporate Participation in the Social Economy: Employer-Supported Volunteering Programs in Canada's Financial Institutions -- 12 Work Stoppages in Canadian Social Economy Organizations -- 13 Organic Farmers and the Social Economy: Positive Synergies for Community Development -- 14 On the Challenges of Inclusion and the Co-operative Movement for Francophone Immigrants in Ontario -- 15 Conclusion.

Researching the Social Economyenriches our understanding of how this important cluster of organizations contributes to Canadian society in both economic and social terms, and lays the groundwork for future study.

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