Economy, society and local development

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Exposition of syllabus contents by teacher with multimedia presentations whenever possible and if deemed appropriate and debates with a participation of the students about themes of the syllabus.

Learning Outcomes

Learning objectives
a)Understand the meaning and the impact of concepts such as social innovation and entrepreneurship to the debates and practices of social economy organisations;
b)Reflect on the changes in the welfare state affecting the role of the third sector;
c)Perceive the socio-economic context of the emergency of the local development initiatives and be aware of its diversity;
d)Reflect on the distribution of functions between State and community/third sector/social economy;
e)Analyze some partnerships between them and reflect on its political-legal-institutional and economic-social impacts;
f)Know and discuss the framework of the social economy in the context of the European employment policies.
The student must be capable to:
a)identify, structure and expose topics of the social economy related with the syllabus contents;
b)defend their fundamented opinions about these topics;
c)discuss these topics mobilizing their basic academic skills and professional experience.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Social entrepreneurship, policies and social change

2. The local development as a development strategy

3. The State, partnerships, networks and social economy

4. The social economy and the job creation: an economic perspective

Head Lecturer(s)

Margarida Rosa Silva Baila Madeira Antunes

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Class participation : 20.0%
Written examination : 80.0%

Bibliography

AMARO,R.R.(1998),Desenvolvimento local em Portugal,in A Rede para o Desenvolvimento Local,IN LOCO
ANTUNES,M.(2008),Novos empregos, novos pobres,trabalhadores pobres:uma visão económica,Coimbra, CEC
ANTUNES,M.(2011),A economia social e o modelo económico europeu:o caso do mercado de trabalho,Coimbra,CECES
AROCENA,J.(1986),Le développement par l´initiative locale.Le cas français,Paris,L’Harmattan
FERREIRA.S.(2009),A invenção estratégica do terceiro sector como estrutura de observação mútua,RCSS,84,169-194
MONTEIRO,A.(2004),Renunciar à autonomia ou o movimento associativo numa encruzilhada,RCCS,69,139-157
MURRAY,R.,Caulier-Grice,J.& Mulgan,G.(2010),The Process of Social Innovation,The open book of social innovation,London,The Young Foundation/NESTA
PEDROSO,J.(2013),O Estado,as parcerias com a comunidade,as redes e a economia social:dilemas e desafios,no prelo
UNIVERSIDADE Cooperativa Europeia(2002),Referencial Europeu do Empresário Social