Social Solidarity Economy and Sustainable Development: Bringing global challenge to Indonesia.

Abstract

-In achieving sustainable development goals, the mainstream economic paradigm needs to be adjusted to resolve social and environmental costs of production and consumption that have been address as externalities. For this, the social and solidarity economy (SSE) is seen as a specific approach, because of its historical position in integrating social, economic and environmental missions; and due to its rootedness in real world practices that challenge the global neoliberal and market oriented hegemony. The SSE can be consider as growing social movement, which includes a range of program and activities that share common values, primarily solidarity and mutual support, that focus on community level development. The aim of this article is to explain how SSE may prove beneficial, both in concept and in practice, towards more sustainable development. Towards this, the evolution of the SSE will be explained in differing cultural contexts. As discussion, Indonesia context were also described.

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“…not democratically, or disrespecting the rules established by the members) (Gutberlet, et al, 2020), and vice versa, organizations of other formsincluding informal groupscan be aligned with the SSE (Kawano, 2018). Furthermore, research (Lemaitre & Helmsing, 2012;Mihály, 2017;Hasan, 2017) reveals that the degree of selfmanagement and of democratic decision making varies within initiatives. Beside the strictly self-managed groups where members are equal to participate in the decision making processes and decision are result of a participatory, deliberative processes, many initiatives rely on a coordinator or a coordinating team (Lemaitre & Helmsing, 2012).…”

“…Beside the strictly self-managed groups where members are equal to participate in the decision making processes and decision are result of a participatory, deliberative processes, many initiatives rely on a coordinator or a coordinating team (Lemaitre & Helmsing, 2012). In such cases, hierarchical relations might impede empowering the members and overcoming their lack of capacities to advocate their own interests (Mihály, 2019;Hasan, 2017). It can be reinforced if members lack of capabilities to participate in debates, express their opinions publicly.…”

“…It can be reinforced if members lack of capabilities to participate in debates, express their opinions publicly. Some of the intentions to run cooperatives simple fail due to the lack of participation, or disrespected democratic processes by the leadership (Hasan, 2017;Gutberlet, et al, 2020). There is also need to pay attention who are in the leadership; Loh and Agyeman (2019) for instance observed racial and class differences between leadership positions and the rest of members of SSE initiatives in lower income communities.…”

“…"Accordingly, the SE [solidarity economy] is characterized by its aiming to balance three factorsthe economic, the social and the environmentalwithin a growth model" (Quiroz-Niño & Murga-Menoyo, 2017, p. 4) Hasan (2017) argues that the SSEin short termshould not limit economic growth.…”

“…He differentiates the SSE from ecologically radical views or approaches which put the physical limits to growth in the core (e.g. ecological economics, degrowth) (Hasan, 2017).…”