Exploring the Social and Solidarity Economy Sector in Greece, Spain, and Switzerland in Times of Crisis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3758983 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stefania Kalogeraki (0000-0003-0034-1561, University of Crete, corresponding author), Marina Papadaki (0009-0006-3585-9781, University of Crete), Marina Pera Ros (Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona), Marina Pera (0000-0002-6478-8728, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 856-874 |
| Publication date | 2018-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002764218768862 |
| OpenAlex | W2800943923 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 8 |
In the context of the recent economic crisis and rising inequality, interest in the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) as a viable alternative economic model has gathered pace in Europe. This article, based on an innovative content analysis approach of organizations' websites from the LIVEWHAT project, provides a snapshot of the SSE sectors' main features in three European countries, namely Greece, Spain, and Switzerland, to understand how the SSE is practiced in varying contexts, uniquely affected by the current economic crisis, as well as within diverse SSE origins. The findings shed some light on distinct features and similarities indicating that the Swiss SSE sector, in line with its interrelations with the Swiss market economy, shows a greater degree of formalization and professionalization that defines its management structure, main activities, types of beneficiaries, goals, and means to achieve them. On the contrary, the relatively recent expansion of the Greek SSE sector is intertwined with the economic crisis, which has left a critical imprint on the SSE's management structure, activities, aims, and means of accomplishing them. The Spanish SSE sector's main features, on the other hand, lie in-between the Greek and the Swiss ones, providing an amalgam of various features
Context (archaeology) · Crisis management · Economic system · Economics · Economy · Geography · Pace · Political science · Politics · Professionalization · Solidarity · Solidarity economy · Cooperative Studies and Economics · Social and Economic Solidarity · Social Sciences and Governance
Migrant Advocacy under Austerity
Scaling-up commons-led coproduction
The Social and Solidarity Economy
Social innovation and austerity governance in Athens and Madrid
The Social Dimension of the Circular Economy
Social solidarity economy and urban commoning in post-crisis contexts
Metropolitan geographies of urban commons
Alternative Action Organisations before and after austerity
| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 1,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |