Welcome to socioeco.org, Socioeco.org is an online library dedicated to the social and solidarity economy and its associated concepts. It contains documents in 5 main languages: French, English, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. Each page is autonomous, documents are not translated from one language to another, except where indicated. It also contains around 100 documents in Catalan, Greek and German.
To switch from one language to another, please go back to the home page and click on the language you are looking for at the top right.
The documents are of several types: publications, analyses, descriptions of initiatives, descriptions of public policies, educational tools, SSE training, student theses, legislation, videos...
Socioeco.org works in conjunction with 17 other databases, providing access to 34,035 references.
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a book ?
a video ?
a thesis ?
read the interventions of a conference ?
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pedagogical tools ?
which legislations in favour of ESS exist in the different countries ?
who are the alternative medias ?
who are the SSE networks in your region/country/in the world ?
where are the research centers on SSE in your region/country/in the world ?
which are the public policies in favour of SSE at the muniicipal/regional/national or international level ?
Inspiring stories ?
The map of solutions recounts the SSE stories, descriptions of experiences to inspire others.
Alternative media talk about it on the map "Journalist for solutions"
An initiative near home or in a place you are going to ?
The map of initiatives allows you to find it (The Essglobal mapping has been developed as yet for Brasil, Quebec and France)
writing a concept definition of SSE in Solecopedia, the encyclopedia of SSE in 7 languages
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The New Systems Reader : Alternatives to a failed economy
Edited by James Gustave Speth, Kathleen Courrier
Democracy Collaborative
January 2021
January 2021
Social Movements and Solidarity Structures in Crisis-Ridden Greece
Amsterdam University Press
November 2020
The Informal Economy Revisited Examining the Past, Envisioning the Future
Routledge, London, UK
July 2020