ONATI INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE SOCIOLOGY OF LAW

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON “ THE SOCIAL ECONOMY, CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY, PROVATE PROPERTY & PARTNERSHIPS, WORKER’S RIGHTS AND COOPERATIVES

JULY 608, 2011 ONATI Oñati (Gipuzkoa) – España

HANS HARMS (drhansharms@yahoo.es) and GEORGE TSOBANOGLOU (g.tsobanoglou@soc.aegean.gr)

Title: “Citizens / Workers Participation in the Social Economy: Establishing Conditions for Empowerment and Participation for Inclusive Recovery.”

Hans Harms, Citizen/Consult, San Sebastian, Research Committee of Sociotechnics, (ISA-RC26), International Sociological Association

George Tsobanoglou, Sociology Department, University of the Aegean, Mytilini, Research Committee of Sociotechnics, (ISA-RC26), International Sociological Association

Abstract: “Citizens/ Workers participation at local level is part of the general debate regarding the crisis of the market, the central political stage which faces a crisis of representation. New organisation forms appear to represent innovations in governance based on empowerment modes and local participation. The key trend is for the establishment of inclusive recovery mechanisms, which require the social partnership of all the actors involved at local level. A discussion of international experience and the presentation of specific cases of citizen participation will set the problematic as to what direction social change will take in the future as well as what forms of social responsibility can meet current pressing social problems. The different ecologies that relate to the ideological background of citizen participation and social responsibility in the social economy among younger people in particular are of importance here as they relate to specific social and national conditions. The role of skills and of educational institutions in this particular issue needs to be further explored.”

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