Economie sociale et solidaire et développement durable : pensée et actions en conjonction

Abstract

Résumé L’ESS a semblé un cadre évident pour la mise en œuvre du développement durable. L’analyse mentionnée ici, considérant cette économie autant dans sa pensée qu par ses actions, montre que c’est bien plutôt le DD qui lui offre aujourd’hui un véritable mode de développement alternatif. Pour saisir cette opportunité historique et ainsi se « visibiliser » davantage, il lui faut surmonter certaines faiblesses et affronter l’atout majeur qu’elle possède pour un développement durable sur le plan de la démocratie.

From Distant Neighbours to Bedmates: Exploring the Synergies Between the Social Economy and Sustainable Development

“…Nevertheless, the principles and values embedded in these two notions partly overlap, highlighting the need to consider and improve the economic, social and environmental sustainability of business activities (Cretieneau ; Seelos and Mair ). In other words, both notions emphasize the need for the economic system to engage in a transition process that is oriented towards human well‐being and sustainability.…”

“…Social enterprises are increasingly conscious of the interest, if not sometimes the need, to orient their activity more explicitly within the framework of sustainable development. On the one hand, the transition towards sustainable development can enrich the scope of societal aims of the social economy and integrate the actions of social enterprises into a long‐term societal transition project (Cretieneau ; Seyfang and Haxeltine ). On the other hand, the way in which social enterprises manage the combination of economic, social and – increasingly – environmental dimensions can enrich sustainable development through concrete organizational solutions that differ significantly from those that have led to economic, social, environmental, ethical and other crises, both currently and in the past (Lévesque ; Seelos and Mair ).…”

A Transitions Studies Perspective on the Social Economy; Exploring Institutionalization and Capture in Flemish ‘Insertion’ Practices

“…Likewise, SE scholarship shares with transition theorists the emancipation motive of not only investigating but also supporting the development, proliferation and effectiveness of transformation‐oriented initiatives. And even while SE scholarship was not originally oriented towards sustainable development but rather towards ´sustainable´ socio‐economic practices, it similarly addresses systemic change in the social‐economic‐ecological triangle (Huybrechts and Mertens ; Cretieneau ). Ever since Marx, Proudhon, Polanyi and other critical theorists (Defourny and Develtere ), SE scholarship has been interrogating the systematic social‐economic tensions arising from capitalist society, and seeking institutional forms that achieve better balances between market, state and civil society.…”