Comparative case study report on the state of the social economy.

Autor/inn/en	Hubrich, David-Karl; Bund, Eva; Schmitz, Björn; Mildenberger, Georg
Institution	Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Forschung und Innovation
Titel	Comparative case study report on the state of the social economy.
Quelle	Brüssel (2012), 213 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Kultur; Bildungssystem; Sozialgeschichte; Gesundheitswesen; Soziale Dienste; Staatstätigkeit; Zivilgesellschaft; Religion; Sport; Umweltschutz; Verbraucherschutz; Wertschöpfung; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Wirtschaftssystem; Öffentliche Ausgaben; Öffentliche Einnahmen; Beschäftigungsentwicklung; Erholung; Sozialwesen; Internationaler Vergleich; Budget; Gemeinnützige Arbeit; Genossenschaft; Gewerkschaft; Non-Profit-Organisation; Stiftung; Vereinswesen; Deutschland; Dänemark; Griechenland; Großbritannien; Polen; Portugal
Abstract	Based on this organisational framework, the TEPSIE consortium has developed case studies that give a statistical insight into the state of the social economy in Denmark, Germany, Greece, Poland, Portugal and the United Kingdom. However, to interpret the findings, it is helpful to have an overview of the historical developments within each country and the national legal forms that are relevant for the social economy. In the next chapter, we will shed some light on the historical developments within the respective countries. One needs to understand the connection between the state and welfare production, i.e. the engagement of the state in the production of social goods. It is legitimate to assume that a state's welfare system has a strong influence on the social economy, and therefore the ability and the imperative to be innovative. Innovation can occur because of monetary scarcity and the need to find ways to deal with obstacles with limited resources or because of monetary abundance and investment which allows experimentation. The interpretation of data on the social economy also requires an understanding of the relevant legal forms which will be discussed in the subsequent chapter. Although we have created a template defining which requirements have to be met in order to include an organisational form in the social economy, this question has to be answered separately for each country due to different systems of tax exemption and unique legal forms. These chapters are followed by a chapter comparing the statistical findings in each country. It is heavily built on the case studies delivered by the partners of the TPESIE consortium. Finally, there is a summary of the central findings and the possible connections between the social economy and social innovation. The template and the case studies can be found in the Appendix. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ".
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2013/4