Concepts and Context

Abstract

This first section of the book introduces key concepts, assumptions and ways of understanding the context within which CED and the social economy have evolved. While making no claim this modest beginning represents some kind of definitive survey of concepts and contexts, the ideas probed in this section can be a useful source of clarification for practitioners and researchers alike. Its title - “Musings from the Trenches: Concepts, Strategies and Practices” - is deliberate.