{"product_id":"the-solidarity-economy-9781517913601","title":"The Solidarity Economy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuestioning the boundaries between politics and economics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Jean-Louis Laville's large body of work has focused on an intellectual history of the concept of solidarity since the Industrial Revolution. In \u003ci\u003eThe Solidarity Economy\u003c\/i\u003e, his most famous distillation of this work, Laville establishes how the formations of economic solidarities (unions, activism, and other forms of associationalism) reveal that the boundaries between politics and economics are porous and structured such that politics, ideally a pure expression of ethics and values, is instead integrated with economic concerns. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Exploring the possibilities and long histories of association, \u003ci\u003eThe Solidarity Economy\u003c\/i\u003e identifies the power of contemporary social and solidarity movements and examines the history of postcapitalist practices in which democratic demands invade the heart of the economy. \u003ci\u003eThe Solidarity Economy\u003c\/i\u003e ranges in focus from workers associations in France dating back to the nineteenth century, to associations of African Americans and feminists in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, to a Brazilian landless-worker coalition in the twentieth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Studying solidarity associations over time allows us to examine how we can recombine the economic and political spheres to address dependencies and inequalities. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eThe Solidarity Economy\u003c\/i\u003e has global scope and inspiring examples of associations that deepen democracy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e Jean-Louis Laville is professor at the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts in Paris, where he holds a chair in Solidarity Economy. He is author and editor of several books, most recently \u003ci\u003eTheory of Social Enterprise and Pluralism: Social Movements, Solidarity Economy, and Global South\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eCivil Society, the Third Sector, and Social Enterprise: Governance and Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Human Economy\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Third Sector in Europe\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50454396174610,"sku":"9781517913601","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_348ebcd7-6301-47d7-a513-375ddd19ba6f.jpg?v=1729866724","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-solidarity-economy-9781517913601","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}