Assembling understandings: Findings from the Canadian social economy research partnerships, 2005-2011
Date
2012
Authors
Thompson, Matthew
Emmanuel, Joy
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University of Victoria
Abstract
With Assembling Understandings, the Canadian Social Economy Hub has
developed a thematic summary of the CSERP outputs, exploring some of the
dominant crosscutting themes within the research findings. This approach is very
similar to a grounded theory approach wherein the authors, while reviewing the
various available documents, ‘listened’ to the data for emerging themes. Care was
taken to engage with the work from multiple angles, taking note of both diversity
and unity within the body of research. The challenge in this form of research
was for the authors to construct each chapter based on what was covered in the
research as opposed to the expanse of what can be covered under each theme. In
this way, the overall picture provided here is not a complete analysis of Canada’s
social economy landscape, but rather provides an overview of the CSERP research
findings in the following thematic areas: Mapping, Social Enterprise, Co-operatives,
Indigenous Peoples, Organizational Governance & Capacity, Social Finance, and
Public Policy. Each thematic area had representation in over 50 CSERP projects,
with some chapters involving as many as 85 relevant research products. As a
result, Assembling Understandings is a useful reference point for both reviewing
the available CSERP documents and identifying where further research may be
required.
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Keywords
Nonprofit organizations--Canada, Cooperative societities--Canada, Community development--Canada, Voluntarism--Canada, Public-private sector cooperation--Canada, Economics--Canada--Sociological aspects
Citation
Thompson, M., & Emmanuel, J. (2012). Assembling understandings: Findings from the Canadian social economy research partnerships, 2005-2011. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria.