SOSC 1341 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Social Enterprise, Social Economy, North American Free Trade Agreement

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1341
• Professor: Stephan Dobson

Document Summary

Note which author has described which definition of social economy. 20 given on study sheet, 15 on exam, write on 10. Morals: making profit from poverty and suffering. Being a capitalist with ethical social goals. To make non-profit organizations operate like businesses. Create new markets for goods & services that benefit society. 1st & 2nd worlds in ideological competition for influence over 3rd world. States in the west & east involved in development projects in 3rd world. Neoliberal ideology: deliberate, conscious effort to break down trade barriers between nations. Able to explain how neoliberalism developed in 80"s and 90"s. Critical concepts/ framework: crisis of state, welfare state, mutual aid societies, crisis of work/ other market failures: i, workfare, automation, outsourcing, precarious work, Unions: used to be strong in automation and factory work, using stance/ position in workplace, unions becoming more generalized: reformist vs. radical, making the best of a bad situation.