Solidarity Economy

Solidarity economy-based alternative spaces result from an interface among structural factors, institutional regimes and forms of collective action that mobilise narratives of change, collective identities and non-capitalist economic practices.
This book analyses how solidarity economy initiatives develop alternative spatialities as counterpower to mainstream economy. Based on case studies in Europe, Latin America, and Asia, it elaborates on how different scales of solidarity economy-based alternative spaces result from an interface among structural factors, institutional regimes and forms of collective action that mobilise narratives of change, collective identities and non-capitalist economic practices.

Ana Margarida Esteves is an Integrated Researcher at the Centro de Estudos Internacionais (CEI-IUL) and Guest Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Economy/ECSH, School of Social Sciences, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL) in Lisbon, Portugal. Thomas Henfrey is Senior Research Fellow at the Schumacher Institute for Sustainable Systems in Bristol (UK) and Research Collaborator at the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Change (Ce3C) in the Faculty of Sciences at Lisbon University, Portugal. Leonardo Leal is Senior Lecturer at the Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL) in Maceió, Brazil. Luciane Lucas dos Santos is an Associate Researcher at Centre for Social Studies (CES), and Collaborator and Senior Lecturer in the Ph.D. Programme in Democracy in the 21st Century at CES/FEUC - Faculty of Economics at the University of Coimbra, Portugal.

Introduction. Solidarity Economy: An ecology of worldviews, identities, and behaviours Chapter 1. A shared epistemological framework for the solidarity economy and the commons Chapter 2. Framing and building the commons: social movements and solidarity economy Chapter 3. Solidarity Economy as Ecology of Mind: Autopoiesis, Enchantment and the Commons Chapter 4. Building counterpower: a comparative case study analysis of "boundary commoning" by solidarity economy initiatives Chapter 5. Urban Regeneration and minority women: can solidarity economy contribute to environmental and social justice within the urban space? Chapter 6. Social and Solidarity Economy in Central/Eastern Europe - case studies from Poland and Czech Republic Chapter 7. A passion for soil: solidarity economy and regenerative agriculture Chapter 8. Exploring the Interface of Societal Inequities and Grassroots Solidarities as Drivers and Spaces of Social Innovation in India Chapter 9. Economic, institutional and political advocacy tensions in the field of solidarity economy and commons: an ethnographic approach drawing from three case studies Chapter 10. Solidarity Economy Movement in Colombia: Two Regional Experiences Promoted by Popular Education for Integral Change Chapter 11. Democratic Governance and Financial Commons Chapter 12. Policies of social and solidarity economy from the local in Argentina. Subjects, power and markets in San Martín and Moreno Chapter 13. Community Groups in Lisbon: 'Common' Paths to Democratic Co-Management in the City Chapter 14. The role of Social and Solidarity Economy in the inclusive urban regeneration power of nature-based solutions: what can we learn from the Nadezhda district in Sofia?