Social cooperatives are the most widespread social enterprise type in Italy. Their evolution has stimulated the development of diverse interpretative frameworks of social enterprise determinants: the mainstream one is the social cooperatives are the outcome of contracting out policies. Through a critical investigation of social cooperatives' emergence, integration into public policies, and reaction to the financial crisis, the authors refocus attention to one of the key modes of creation of social enterprises that has not gained the attention it deserves: the bottom-up dynamic. The analysis carried out sheds light on the contribution of citizens' mobilization to institutional change and confirms that social enterprises can also emerge in an unprepared and hostile ideological, economic and political context.

Innovating the provision of welfare services through collective action: the case of italian social cooperatives / Borzaga, C.; Galera, G.. - In: REVUE INTERNATIONALE DE SOCIOLOGIE. - ISSN 0390-6701. - STAMPA. - 26:1(2016), pp. 31-47.

Innovating the provision of welfare services through collective action: the case of italian social cooperatives

Borzaga, C.;Galera, G.
2016-01-01

Abstract

Social cooperatives are the most widespread social enterprise type in Italy. Their evolution has stimulated the development of diverse interpretative frameworks of social enterprise determinants: the mainstream one is the social cooperatives are the outcome of contracting out policies. Through a critical investigation of social cooperatives' emergence, integration into public policies, and reaction to the financial crisis, the authors refocus attention to one of the key modes of creation of social enterprises that has not gained the attention it deserves: the bottom-up dynamic. The analysis carried out sheds light on the contribution of citizens' mobilization to institutional change and confirms that social enterprises can also emerge in an unprepared and hostile ideological, economic and political context.
2016
1
Borzaga, C.; Galera, G.
Innovating the provision of welfare services through collective action: the case of italian social cooperatives / Borzaga, C.; Galera, G.. - In: REVUE INTERNATIONALE DE SOCIOLOGIE. - ISSN 0390-6701. - STAMPA. - 26:1(2016), pp. 31-47.
File in questo prodotto:
File Dimensione Formato  
International Review of Sociology_Borzaga_Galera.pdf

Solo gestori archivio

Tipologia: Altro materiale allegato (Other attachments)
Licenza: Altra licenza (Other type of license)
Dimensione 3.76 MB
Formato Adobe PDF
3.76 MB Adobe PDF   Visualizza/Apri

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11572/191690
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus ND
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
social impact