Fondements de l'économie sociale et solidaire

Description

In this course, you will learn:

• Define and distinguish the contributions and limitations of the third-sector concepts: social economy, solidarity economy, social entrepreneurship, associations, and cooperatives.
• On the basis of an investigation of their distinctive characteristics, distinguish social enterprises from other public and private actors.
• Interpret the variety of social enterprise models in light of their historical trajectories as well as more current innovations.
• Identify and understand the perspectives of social economy players in respect to the mainstream socio-economic models, and use them to support your own perspective.

Syllabus:

1. Social economy
2. Solidarity economy
3. Social enterprise
4. Associations
5. Public policies