This book examines the concept of social economy in China and around the world. It offers to rethink space, economy and community in a trans-border context which moves us beyond both planned and market economies. The chapters address theoretical issues, critical reflections and case studies on the practice of social economy in the context of globalization and its attempt to create an alternative modernity. Through this, the book builds a platform for further cross-disciplinary and cross-boundary dialogue on the future of social economy in China and the world.

Preface Part I: Rethinking Economy 1. Social Economics and Economic Anthropology: Challenging Conventional Economic Thinking and Practice 2. Mapping Social and Solidarity Economy: The Local and Translocal Evolution of a Concept 3. Rethinking the Politics of the Mainstream Co-op Movement Part II: Social Economy in the World 4. Workers' Cooperative Movement in Argentina 5. La Alameda: "Guerrilla" Struggles to Make the Argentine Economy Social 6. Democratizing Capital: Social and Solidarity Finance in Quebec 7. The Struggle for Public Power in the United States 8.Marco Semenzin, Workers' Cooperatives in Italy - Between Solidarity and Autocratic Centralism 9. Developing Solidarity Economy in Asia: Innovations in Policy and Practice Part III: Social Economy in Chinese Societies 10. Zhoujiazhuang Village: A Study of the Heritage of the People's Commune 11. Debating the Rural Cooperative Movement in China, the Past and the Present 12., "Yingxiu Mother" as Agent of Community Development: Case Study of a Practice of Community Economy in Sichuan Post-disaster Rebuilding in China 13. Local Economy Growing at a Steady Pace: The Case of the Peasant Farming Project by The Taiwan Rural Front 14. In the Struggle over Urban Space: The Solidarity Economy Movement and Urban Utopianism in Hong Kong