This volume is the result of a collective effort by scholars and experts and offers an in-depth, up-to-date analysis of the role of the social economy in Italy and Europe, highlighting its contribution to sustainable development, employment, rural areas, welfare and public policy. Read More
Real economic systems consist of a plurality of enterprise forms that differ in ownership, governance, and objectives beyond profit maximisation, and this volume, drawing on Carlo Borzaga’s research, examines their characteristics, determinants, and economic and social impacts, with a particular focus on cooperatives, mutual societies, and social enterprises and their future prospects. Read More
Fifteen years after its first edition, the "Dictionary of Civil Economy" offers, through 50 entries by experts, a vision of the economy centred on people, relationships and the common good. The entry on social economy is edited by Carlo Borzaga and Gianluca Salvatori. Read More
This volume analyzes the role of political parties in democracies and their difficulty in engaging citizens. Chapter XI edited by Gianluca Salvatori and Jacopo Sforzi explores how communities can redefine political participation through general interest-oriented initiatives. Read More
This volume is a valuable collection of speeches, publications, interviews and unpublished writings by Prof. Carlo Borzaga, who in his forty years of professional activity has explored the role of cooperatives and social enterprises, defending organizational biodiversity against the standardization of the market. Read More
This text is an essential guide for practitioners and managers of public and third sector services, providing a comprehensive toolkit for the effective adoption of the new collaborative tools. Read More
A biography of social enterprise both to encourage the adoption of policies that enhance the renewed prominence of civil society and the reacquisition by social enterprises of full awareness of their own specificity. Read More
"Giving Space" explores how the Third Sector, over 40 years, has influenced political institutions by promoting values such as inclusion and reducing inequality, emphasizing the importance of its political vocation in shaping the future of social policies. Read More
The book aims to strengthen the relationships between work integration social cooperatives, private companies and identify strategies to foster the employment inclusion of people with employment difficulties, with a focus on the network contract and tools such as facilitated secondment and codatoriality. Read More
Ruling 131/2020, which has become the essential point of reference for defining the relationships between public bodies and ETS, is commented on by seven prestigious signatures of academics and prominent personalities of the social economy in the first Euricse instant ebook. Read More
The research investigates the migrant reception system in the Trentino economy in light of the changes introduced by the 2018 Security Decree. Read More
The issue of the relationship between public entities and third sector entities for the performance and organization of social services and activities of general interest has become central in the scholarly debate following the enactment of the so-called Third Sector Code (Legislative Decree No. 117 of 2017). The contributions collected in this volume highlight the challenges and opportunities posed by the current regulatory framework, with the aim of providing new keys to interpretation and new interpretative perspectives. Read More