SSE and Public Policies: Crossed Glances from France and Korea, Understanding concept in context

Nadine Richez-Battesti (1) , Eric Bidet (2)

1 LEST - Laboratoire d'Economie et de Sociologie du Travail
2 ARGUMans - Laboratoire de recherche en gestion Le Mans Université

This contribution contrasts the institutionalization trajectories of the Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) in two countries, South Korea (hereafter: Korea) and France, which have chosen to develop specific public policies dedicated to the SSE. It stresses on the one hand that far from a path dependency, one can observe a convergence process based on the increasing heterogeneity of SSE actors in each of the national contexts. It shows on the other hand that these processes of institutionalization of SSE are implemented according to two conceptions of social innovation which jointly characterize the renewal of public action. In Korea, they are based on the production of goods and services with a social purpose by private actors, and in France on co-construction

Mots clés: Social economy; Korea; France; institutionnalization process; co-construction; social innovation

Domaines: Economies et finances

Nadine Richez-Battesti, Eric Bidet. SSE and Public Policies: Crossed Glances from France and Korea, Understanding concept in context. 8th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise, EMES, Oct 2021, Teruel, Spain. ⟨halshs-03506714⟩