Contents

List of Tables and Figures

Acknowledgements

INTRODUCTION

Social Economics and Sustainability

Mike Gismondi, Sean Connelly, Mary Beckie, Sean Markey, and Mark Roseland

1

Towards Convergence: An Exploratory Framework

Sean Connelly, Mike Gismondi, Sean Markey, and Mark Roseland

2

The Green Social Economy in British Columbia and Alberta

Mike Gismondi, Lynda Ross, and Juanita Marois

3

The Role of the Social Economy in Scaling Up Alternative Food Initiatives

Mary Beckie and Sean Connelly

4

Human Services and the Caring Society

John Restakis

5

Towards Sustainable Resource Management: Community Energy and Forestry in British Columbia and Alberta

Julie L. MacArthur

6

Evolving Conceptions of the Social Economy: The Arts, Culture, and Tourism in Alert Bay

Kelly Vodden, Lillian Hunt, and Randy Bell

7

Non-Profit and Co-operative Organizations and the Provision of Social Housing

George Penfold, Lauren Rethoret, and Terri MacDonald

8

Land Tenure Innovations for Sustainable Communities

Marena Brinkhurst and Mark Roseland

9

Sustaining Social Democracy Through Heritage-Building Conservation

Noel Keough, Mike Gismondi, and Erin Swift-Leppäkumpu

10

Strong Institutions, Weak Strategies: Credit Unions and the Rural Social Economy

Sean Markey, Freya Kristensen, and Stewart Perry

CONCLUSION

“Social Economizing” Sustainability

Mike Gismondi, Sean Connelly, and Sean Markey

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