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In this episode, David Hiez, Professor of Law at the University of Luxembourg, gives an overview of why it is important to recognize the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) through legislation and laws. For Hiez, alternative economies such as SSE can tell a different story and become a new model for economic and productive activities as well as for the ways in which we build societies and relate to each other. Even though legislation is important to find a common understanding across practices and to consolidate SSE on a larger scale, a cautionary tale must also be told so that international instruments such as legislation and legal frameworks do not risk curtailing the potential for change of SSE initiatives and enterprises by imposing parameters and technicalities too strict or limiting. To read the encyclopedia’s entry on legal frameworks and laws of SSE, visit e-elgar.com
In this episode, David Hiez, Professor of Law at the University of Luxembourg, gives an overview of why it is important to recognize the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) through legislation and laws. For Hiez, alternative economies such as SSE can tell a different story and become a new model for economic and productive activities as well as for the ways in which we build societies and relate to each other. Even though legislation is important to find a common understanding across practices and to consolidate SSE on a larger scale, a cautionary tale must also be told so that international instruments such as legislation and legal frameworks do not risk curtailing the potential for change of SSE initiatives and enterprises by imposing parameters and technicalities too strict or limiting. To read the encyclopedia’s entry on legal frameworks and laws of SSE, visit e-elgar.com
