Greek Social Economy Revisited : Voluntary, Civic and Cooperative Challenges in the 21st Century.
Title:
Greek Social Economy Revisited : Voluntary, Civic and Cooperative Challenges in the 21st Century.
Author:
Nasioulas, Ioannis.
ISBN:
9783653028249
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (156 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Tables -- Figures -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART A. EUROPEAN DEFINITION AND THE GREEK SPECIFICITY -- The concept of Social Economy -- The emergence of Social Economy -- Voluntary, civic and cooperative dimensions -- Contemporary Social Economy and entrepreneurship -- Establishing the Social Economy in Greece -- The identification issue -- PART B. ENTERPRISES -- Recollecting a promising cooperative past -- Canceled cooperative visions -- Law 4015/2011 on Rural Cooperatives and reformdynamics -- Civil Cooperatives -- Housing Cooperatives -- European Cooperatives -- Credit Cooperatives and Cooperative Banks -- Limited Liability Social Cooperatives -- Mutual Insurance Cooperatives -- Sea Mutual Insurance Cooperatives -- PART C. NON-PROFITS -- Civic values and institutional order -- Contemporary voluntary and civic challenges -- An inglorious NGOs' spring -- Ideal associations -- Athletic associations -- Students' associations -- Farmers' associations -- Workers' unions - Workers councils - Labor unions -- Trans-Vocational Organizations -- Hunting clubs -- Charity clubs -- Mutual-Help Associations and Mutual-Help Funds -- Occupational Insurance Funds -- Civil non-profit companies -- Foundations -- PART D. EXPANDING THE HORIZON OF RECOGNITION -- Social Economy in the Systems of Accounts -- Social Economy Business Groups -- The paradigm and the Church -- CONCLUSIONS -- Bibliography.
Abstract:
The study investigates the Greek Social Economy, including foundations, associations, mutuals, cooperatives and related entities under a single, coherent prism. The author delves into the theoretical origins of Social Economy and its practical complementarity to the non-profit, civil society and cooperative sector. Major developments are highlighted: the introduction of the first law on Social Economy and cooperative reform in light of the ongoing sovereign debt crisis. He recognizes enterprises and non-profits of the Social Economy institutionally as well as in the sociological perspective, and provides outlooks of best practices and indicative quantitative data. In addition, the author proposes expanding the horizons of recognition into national-accounting methodologies and grounding dominant theorizations to local conditions, including the role of the Orthodox Church in the voluntary sector.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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