O NOUĂ STIINTĂ - ECONOMIA SOCIALĂ
SOCIAL ECONOMY - A NEW SCIENCE

Summary/Abstract: The present article is a first step towards conceptualizing a new science: the social economy. As a part of social sciences, social economy will benefit from the use of methods and techniques specific of sociology and general economics. The social economy fundamental course of action is a comprehensive one of understanding and explaining social phenomena which are known to a restricted degree at the scientific/empirical level, particularly due to the causality they entail and to the consequences of human action. Analysis of the socioeconomic system structural data is the main method of scientific study, in addition to the methods employed by economics and sociology, the constructive criticism applied to research methods, the pro-active approach, and the evaluation of the practical results of human interactions with regard to the socioeconomic system. The major novelty that the social economy science brings to the table is its approach of fields which have not been researched all that extensively and its capacity to conjecture explanations/ interpretations and regularities potentially applicable to social sciences. From this point of view, the present paper is a result of the use of participant observation among groups of informal workers on construction sites. The use of this method central to social sciences enables an analysis of the interactions occurring during the workers’ general and specific activity related to the construction projects and facilitates the collection of valid information that can be then extended to the entire social system.

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