Social Economy and Social Economics –The Situation in the Republic of Ireland

Herrmann, Peter (2008): Social Economy and Social Economics –The Situation in the Republic of Ireland.

Abstract

The Paper gives a brief overview over the social economy in Ireland, presenting this against the background of the countries history and social structure

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Social economy; Ireland
• Subjects: L - Industrial Organization > L3 - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise > L30 - General; P - Economic Systems > P4 - Other Economic Systems > P40 - General; L - Industrial Organization > L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior > L20 - General; D - Microeconomics > D2 - Production and Organizations > D20 - General; A - General Economics and Teaching > A1 - General Economics > A10 - General; H - Public Economics > H0 - General > H00 - General; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor > J20 - General; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J4 - Particular Labor Markets > J40 - General; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J0 - General > J00 - General; D - Microeconomics > D6 - Welfare Economics > D60 - General; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy > E20 - General

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