The Hiding Hand, Persistent Fragile Action, and Sustainable Development

Krlev, Gorgi

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“…In addition to this is the realization that, as important as “robust actions,” often proposed as a key to sustainable development, are the “persistent fragile actions,” generally excluded by the Management Theory and performed by social movement organizations, which prioritize contestation over participation, exclusivity over multivocality and experience over experimentation, “challenging obstacles they are presented with, very often against the odds” (Krlev, 2022, p. 109).…”

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Social economy

Krlev,

Wruk,

Pasi

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Social Economy Science

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The social economy is an umbrella concept that unifies diverse organizational types and empirical phenomena. While this gives it an integrative force, it also leads to struggles about a common identity. At the same time, the social economy is a transformational force by constantly challenging the status quo, in particular in advocating the elevation of vulnerable groups. These traits are not easy to master conceptually, which inhibits social economy science’s impact. We address this problem by drawing on the concept of the organizational issue field from institutional theory to theorize a common identity and stability in the social economy, and on transitions theory to theorize the change processes the social economy promotes. We combine both concepts in a multi-level model of change in and through the social economy. We propose three transformation pathways that social economy organizations may pursue to promote social-ecological change: they may engage in innovation for impact; serve as agents of change by advancing alternative solutions and visions of the future; or work in partnerships with state actors, business, or target groups to enhance their influence. We show how each contribution to Social Economy Science informs our understanding of organizational issue fields and transitions, but also comes with an original analytic angle of its own. We contribute to the literature by integrating two theoretical anchors that have typically not been regarded in unison and show how advancing social economy science in this way may benefit the broader research agenda on positive change in the economy and society.

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Krlev,

Wruk,

Pasi

et al. 2023

Social Economy Science

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This chapter shows why the social economy might be more, not less important, exciting or relevant than other fields for understanding and addressing sustainability challenges. We highlight how the social economy’s functions as an organizational role model, promoter of new impact standards, or driver of new institutional design processes spur change across levels of society. We also critically assess how, for example, a continued ignorance of local interactions by the social economy and a lack of assertiveness and leadership hold the social economy back from unfolding its transformational potential. Against this background, we develop directions for future research. First, we discuss which contributions the chapters of Social Economy Science make jointly to different streams of research, whereby elements that grant stability to the organizational issue field and those that promote change, which we refer to as three ‘transformation pathways’, are equally important. Second, we derive a future research agenda for the social economy and beyond the social economy. Third, and to uphold the scholar-practitioner and practitioner-scholar character of this book, we develop a vision of the future. In this vision policy and practice are actively leveraging the social economy’s capacities to accelerate its functions in changing the economy and making society more resilient.

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The Hiding Hand, Persistent Fragile Action, and Sustainable Development

Cited by 4 publications

References 48 publications

ThinkBox: The problem of looking at SDGs (only) from the management perspective

ThinkBox: The problem of looking at SDGs (only) from the management perspective

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