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Book SynopsisWith thinking around the foundational economy becoming increasingly influential, this interdisciplinary collection sets out its role in renewing citizenship and informing policy. Drawing on case studies in areas of social and economic concern, it explores how foundational experiments can foster collective consumption and promote social justice.
Table of ContentsIntroduction ~ Filippo Barbera and Ian Rees Jones The Foundational Economy and the Civil Sphere ~ Filippo Barbera and Ian Rees Jones Part 1: Governance and Public Action Re-embedding the Economy within Digitalized Foundational Sectors: The Case of Platform Cooperativism ~ Davide Arcidiacono Ivana Pais Reframing Public Ownership in the Foundational Economy: (Re)discovering a Variety of Forms ~ Leonhard Plank The Nonprofit Paradox after the Crisis: How to Survive within a Changing Scenario ~ Sandro Busso and Joselle Dagnes Part 2: Housing and Urban Life Planning with Citizenship: An Idea whose time has come in Greater Manchester? ~ Julie Froud, Mike Hodson, Sukhdev Johal, Hua Wei and Karel Williams Housing and the grounded city: Rent extraction and social innovations ~ Massimo Bricocoli and Angelo Salento Part 3: Water and Waste Waste Management and Value Extraction in Italy: Where is the Citizen? Waste to Worth ~ Dario Minervini Civil Society and the Movement for Public Water: Water Management and its Transformation in England and Italy ~ Sergio Marotta and Ferdinando Spina Part 4: Food Changing Food Supply Chains: The Role of Citizens and Civil Society Organisations in Working Towards a Social Economy ~ Fabio Mostaccio Foodscapes of Hope: The Foundational Economy of Food ~ Kevin Morgan Conclusion Conclusions and New Policy Directions ~ Filippo Barbera and Ian Rees Jones
