ABSTRACT

In recent years there has been a great deal of discussion about the social economy and the term 'the third way' has attained a level of household recognition, especially in America and Britain. Academics and commentators have debated the usefulness of the social economy as a restraint on capitalist excesses with some arguing that the 'third way' is

chapter 1|15 pages

The social economy in context

chapter 4|32 pages

The corporatist social economy

Glasgow and Middlesbrough

chapter 5|33 pages

The distributed social economy

Bristol and Tower Hamlets

chapter 6|10 pages

Prospects