While community savings (also called solidarity funding) are one of the main determinants of local financing systems for community projects, they remain based on practical experience. Starting from the observation that community savings have been ignored by contemporary economic analyses, the article provides a theoretical perspective that sheds light on the mechanisms of solidarity funding and the motives of the saver. The author shows that solidarity funding generates one of the most effective forms of alternative social cohesion and reflects a new awareness of the need for a different way of saving that benefits a just economy. What role could groups like the Cigales (investment clubs for managing savings locally and alternatively) play ...
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Si économie sociale et solidaire et territoire sont intrinsèquement liés, les modes d’action évoluen...
International audienceLike democratic management and economic solidarity, local embeddedness is one ...
International audienceCitizens' Finance (solidarity-based and crowdfunding) are localized finance co...
Solidarity-based finance is an activity of service based on geographical, institutional and organiza...
The possible forms of socially responsible otherness for the European banking community The Europea...
This document of “HDR” addresses the complex relationship between the principles of solidarity-based...
Cette recherche a tenté de comprendre et d’analyser les pratiques de finance solidaire informelle en...
The current recession has revived interest in solidarity finance as an innovative solution. However,...
Microfinance in the developing countries The current emphasis on financial sustainability can not be...
International audience"How do the activities of a Club d'investisseurs pour une gestion alternative ...
Solidarity-based finance is a fertile field to analyze the regulation of finance by ethics. However,...
Ayant comme activité l'épargne et/ou le crédit, les initiatives auxquelles notre étude s'intéresse f...
Dans un monde marqué par des crises économiques et financières répétées, par la volatilité croissant...
International audienceTerritorial roots of local cooperatives. A response to localized social needs....
International audienceThe end of the 1980s established a first step in microcredit development in Fr...
Si économie sociale et solidaire et territoire sont intrinsèquement liés, les modes d’action évoluen...
International audienceLike democratic management and economic solidarity, local embeddedness is one ...
International audienceCitizens' Finance (solidarity-based and crowdfunding) are localized finance co...
Solidarity-based finance is an activity of service based on geographical, institutional and organiza...
The possible forms of socially responsible otherness for the European banking community The Europea...
This document of “HDR” addresses the complex relationship between the principles of solidarity-based...
Cette recherche a tenté de comprendre et d’analyser les pratiques de finance solidaire informelle en...
The current recession has revived interest in solidarity finance as an innovative solution. However,...
Microfinance in the developing countries The current emphasis on financial sustainability can not be...
International audience"How do the activities of a Club d'investisseurs pour une gestion alternative ...
Solidarity-based finance is a fertile field to analyze the regulation of finance by ethics. However,...
Ayant comme activité l'épargne et/ou le crédit, les initiatives auxquelles notre étude s'intéresse f...
Dans un monde marqué par des crises économiques et financières répétées, par la volatilité croissant...
International audienceTerritorial roots of local cooperatives. A response to localized social needs....
International audienceThe end of the 1980s established a first step in microcredit development in Fr...
Si économie sociale et solidaire et territoire sont intrinsèquement liés, les modes d’action évoluen...
International audienceLike democratic management and economic solidarity, local embeddedness is one ...