Social Economy in Asia

Euiyoung Kim is professor at Seoul National University, director of its Center for Social Innovation Education and Research, and commissioner of Seoul Democracy Commission.Hiroki Miura is senior researcher at Center for Social Innovation, Research and Education at Seoul National University.

• Part I?: Theoretical and Comparative PerspectivesChapter 1: A Polanyian View of the Social and Solidarity Economy: Against Developmentalism-FunctionalismChapter 2: Synergistic Interactions between Social Policy and SSE in Developing Countries: Interfaces in Discourse and PracticeChapter 3: Mapping Social Economy Organizations in Northeast AsiaChapter 4: Grassroots Economies, Empowering Local Communities: Case Studies from Three ASEAN CountriesPart II?: Case Studies of Asian CountriesChapter 5: Dance with the State: The Case of a Chinese Social Service OrganizationChapter 6: Emerging Nonprofit Corporations in JapanChapter 7: Development of Social Economy in South Korea: The Role of Civil SocietyChapter 8: How is Social Economy Contributing to Achieving SDGs in Seoul?Chapter 9: Women on Wheels in New Delhi, India: Can Social Innovation Promote Gender Equality?

The contemporary story of the global expansion of SSE is starting to be told but it has lacked a major chapter—what is happening in the world’s most populous region: Asia? Theoretically grounded and empirically rich, this volume brings out the diversity, hopes, achievements, and challenges of the myriad organizations, enterprises, and networks that seek an alternative to business-as-usual.