Jack Quarter, Laurie Mook, Ann Armstrong

Understanding the Social Economy

A Canadian Perspective

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In Understanding the Social Economy, Quarter, Mook, and Armstrong integrate a wide array of organizations founded upon a social mission - social enterprises, nonprofits, co-operatives, credit unions, and community development associations - under the rubric of the 'social economy.'

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 1g
• ISBN-13: 9781442697829
• ISBN-10: 1442697822
• Artikelnr.: 54151813

Autorenporträt

Jack Quarter is a professor in the Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education at the University of Toronto. He is a founding member of Ontario Institute for Studies in Education's Social Economy Centre.

Inhaltsangabe

PART 1: AN OVERVIEW OF THE SOCIAL ECONOMY
1. An Introduction to Canada’s Social Economy
PART 2: THE COMPONENTS OF THE SOCIAL ECONOMY
2. Social Economy Businesses
3. Community Economic Development Organizations
4. Public Sector Non-profits
5. Civil Society Organizations
PART 3: CRITICAL ISSUES
6. Organizational Design and Governance Strategies
7.  Leadership and Strategic Management
8. Human Resources Management
9. Financing
10.  Social Accounting
PART 4: CONCLUSIONS
11. Summary and Concluding Thoughts
References
Index