Greek Social Economy Revisited - Ioannis Nasioulas Kartoniert (TB)

The study investigates the Greek Social Economy including foundations associations mutuals cooperatives and related entities under a single coherent prism. The author delves into the theoretical origins of Social Economy and its practical complementarity to the non-profit civil society and cooperative sector. Major developments are highlighted: the introduction of the first law on Social Economy and cooperative reform in light of the ongoing sovereign debt crisis. He recognizes enterprises and non-profits of the Social Economy institutionally as well as in the sociological perspective a nd provides outlooks of best practices and indicative quantitative data. In addition the author proposes expanding the horizons of recognition into national-accounting methodologies and grounding dominant theorizations to local conditions including the role of the Orthodox Church in the voluntary sector.