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        Selling Social

        Selling Social

        Procurement, Purchasing, and Social Enterprises

        Edited by Jennifer Sumner, Andrea Chan, Annie Luk and Jack Quarter

        Price:

        $34.95

        ISBN: 9781487524500

        Pub Date: February 2023

        Drawing on Canadian case studies, Selling Social offers insight into the successes and challenges regarding social procurement and social purchasing from the perspective of social enterprises.

        Pensions at Work

        Pensions at Work

        Socially Responsible Investment of Union-Based Pension Funds

        by Jack Quarter, Isla Carmichael and Sherida Ryan

        Price:

        $44.95

        ISBN: 9781487524937

        Pub Date: June 2019

        This collection moves the discussion to pension funds in which union representatives are also trustees, a relatively new approach that will be of great interest to institutional investors, the labour movement, and instructors in labour studies programs.

        Understanding the Social Economy

        Understanding the Social Economy

        A Canadian Perspective, Second Edition

        by Jack Quarter, Laurie Mook and Ann Armstrong

        Price:

        $56.00

        ISBN: 9781487520335

        Pub Date: November 2017

        The second edition of Understanding the Social Economy expands upon the authors’ ground-breaking examination of organizations founded upon a social mission – social enterprises, non-profits, co-operatives, credit unions, and community development associations.

        Understanding the Social Economy of the United States

        Understanding the Social Economy of the United States

        by Laurie Mook, John R. Whitman, Jack Quarter and Ann Armstrong

        Price:

        $58.00

        ISBN: 9781442614116

        Pub Date: January 2015

        Understanding the Social Economy of the United States is a comprehensive introduction to the operation and study of organizations with social goals, rich in examples and case studies that explain the social economy framework in the context of the United States.

        Businesses with a Difference

        Businesses with a Difference

        Balancing the Social and the Economic

        by Laurie Mook, Jack Quarter and Sherida Ryan

        Price:

        $44.95

        ISBN: 9781442611474

        Pub Date: May 2012

        Building on the popular 2010 collection Researching the Social Economy, Businesses with a Difference explores the challenges and opportunities faced by firms that seek a genuine balance between their social and economic objectives.

        Social Purpose Enterprises

        Social Purpose Enterprises

        Case Studies for Social Change

        Edited by Jack Quarter, Sherida Ryan and Andrea Chan

        Price:

        $42.95

        ISBN: 9781442614048

        Pub Date: December 2014

        Social Purpose Enterprises: Case Studies for Social Change presents case studies of twelve organizations which operate in a growing niche within the Canadian social economy.

        Building a Community-Controlled Economy

        Building a Community-Controlled Economy

        The Evangeline Co-operative Experience

        by Jack Quarter and Paul Wilkinson

        Price:

        $38.95

        ISBN: 9780802078575

        Pub Date: December 1996

        Focusing on four co-operatives in the Evangeline region, an Acadian community on Prince Edward Island, the authors discuss why some co-operatives succeed while others fail.

        Researching the Social Economy

        Researching the Social Economy

        Edited by Laurie Mook, Jack Quarter and Sherida Ryan

        Price:

        $89.00

        ISBN: 9780802099532

        Pub Date: November 2010

        Researching the Social Economy enriches our understanding of how this important cluster of organizations contributes to Canadian society in both economic and social terms, and lays the groundwork for future study.

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