South Africa's embrace of the social economy.
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2012-09-04
Authors
Moss, Michalya Schonwald
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Abstract
In
this
Masters
Research
Report
I
explore
how
South
Africa,
in
reaction
to
the
global
economic
crisis’s
impact
on
national
unemployment
statistics,
has
embraced
the
social
economy.
As
this
is
a
recent
undertaking
of
the
state,
this
research
covers
the
timeline
of
events
pertinent
to
what
I
determine
to
be
the
tipping
point
of
the
social
economy
in
South
Africa
between
2009-‐2011.
Based
on
documentary
analysis
and
in-‐depth
interviews
with
key
actors
determined
to
be
‘experts’
in
the
field,
this
research
attempts
to
gain
an
understanding
of
how
the
concept
of
the
social
economy
and
its
organizations
of
social
entrepreneurship
and
social
enterprise
are
being
transposed
onto
the
South
African
landscape,
specifically
in
the
Gauteng
province.
By
examining
the
trend
of
the
social
economy
and
how
it
is
being
conceptualized
in
the
country,
this
research
aims
to
understand
the
implications
for
the
future
of
South
Africa’s
socioeconomic
development
path.
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Keywords
Social economy, Social capital, Solidarity economy, Social entrepreneurship, Social enterprise, New growth path, Unemployment, Job creation, South Africa, Development