ECONOMIA SOCIALĂ: O PARADIGMĂ ÎN SCHIMBARE
SOCIAL ECONOMY: A SHIFTING PARADIGM

Summary/Abstract: The article aims to assess the extent in which the social economy paradigm was influenced by the socio-economical evolutions and challenges. The article makes a comparative analysis of the “classical” definitions of social economy in relation with the self-definitions given by the representatives of the Romanian social economy entities. To this end, the article presents the results provided by a quality research of focus group type. The research was carried out in the month of November 2011 within the project Social economy model in Romania POSDRU/69/6.1/S/33490, co-financed by the Social European Fund through the Sector Operational Program “Development of Human Resources 2007 – 2013” – Invest in People”, Priority axis 6 Promotion of social inclusion. The major intervention field 6.1 Development of social economy. Within the research, eight focus groups sessions were carried out, one session in each Romanian development region. The main conclusion of the article is that, at least in Romania, social economy is a paradigm that finds itself in a full process of change, change that is recorded also in the social economy draft laws.

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