Enabling transformative agency: community-based green economic and workforce development in LA and Cleveland

Song, Lily

doi:10.1080/14649357.2016.1158307

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“…Cleveland is a strong choice for research in this project because existing cooperative development projects have attracted significant attention in existing academic literature (Alperovitz, 2011;Song, 2016;Zingale, Samanta, & West, 2017).…”

Section: Rq5: What Obstacles and Opposition To Pro-cooperative Policimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…More specifically, the proposed "Cleveland Model" surrounding the development of the Evergreen Cooperatives has been cited in both academic discourse and media coverage as a unique alternative form of economic development (Alperovitz, 2011;Alperovitz, Howard, & Williamson, 2010;Song, 2016). The attraction of exploring the Evergreen example is strong because not only has this drawn significant attention, this attention has been used to raise questions about how these developments could be replicated in other cities.…”

Section: Rq5: What Obstacles and Opposition To Pro-cooperative Policimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Creating cooperatives in Cleveland links established pillars of the local economy with "a new local economic entity…that 'democratizes' ownership and is deeply anchored in the community" (Alperovitz, Howard, & Williamson, 2010). Evergreen is built upon wellfunded community "anchors" which cannot move away and have a vested interest in a strong and equitable local economy (Alperovitz, Howard, & Williamson, 2010;Song, 2016;Camou, 2016;Causey, 2017). The anchor model means support for the project is widespread, not only securing the backing of progressive activists, community organizers, and local government but also the business and nonprofit sectors.…”

Section: Rq5: What Obstacles and Opposition To Pro-cooperative Policimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some theorists have focused on the democratic potential of cooperatives, arguing that they can reinvigorate the principles of democracy in communities and workplaces and lead a transformation of individual agents as more powerful actors (Wolff, 2012;Song 2016;Swaine, 1993). Other works place cooperatives within the greater goal of transforming towards a community-based or solidarity-based economy, bringing the principles of shared wealth and democracy to a wider transformation of the economy (Gibson-Graham, Cameron, & Healy, 2013;Satgar, 2014;DeFilippis, 2004).…”

Section: What Are Cooperatives?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This is interrelated with concerns about cities, not least of which because many of the impacted communities are urban, but also because the tools we have for rebuilding communities can most obviously be applied in inner-city neighborhoods like those found in Jackson (Williams & Walker, 2017;Akuno, 2017). One of the most obvious threats to communities (both urban and rural) are threats to environments-while economic health is a vital sign for the health of a community, so is ecological health, and a lack of environmental sustainability will either lead to or exacerbate poor economic conditions for individuals and communities (Akuno, 2017;Song, 2016). There are themes in existing literature that focus on very particular concerns that might not always seem generalizable-these viewpoints argue the economic system is harming the land, the people, and ripping apart communities at the ground level.…”

Section: Why Is An Alternative Needed?mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Worker-owned cooperatives as urban economic development.

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for their assistance in this process. I cannot thank my husband, Justin, enough for enduring the last few years alongside me. He supported me and encouraged me to keep working when I struggled. Also, many thanks to my aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends who have provided amazing support throughout the dissertation writing process and been gentle with me throughout. I could not have done this without all of you.

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Transition to a Sustainable Circular Society: More than Just Resource Efficiency

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While the conceptual underpinnings of the circular economy (CE) date back to the 1970s, the concept has recently become a major discourse in contemporary sustainability debates. The idea of CE, as it is now understood, is thus rather new and remains in conceptual development. Moreover, it is a contested concept with many different circular visions competing in the discursive sphere. Many researchers have evidenced that dominant CE propositions focus on technocentric solutions and do not address crucial social, political, and ecological implications. This opinion paper seeks to help address this gap by going to the root of the CE metaphor and asking: What do circles, cycles, and flows mean for an economy and a society? To answer this question, this article unpacks the idea of cycles, loops, and flows by analysing what socio-ecological cycles are most relevant for sustainability and circularity. It thus finds a set of seven cycles that are key to better understanding CE and its relation to human and planetary well-being (biogeochemical, ecosystem, resource, power, wealth, knowledge, and care cycles). This article then analyses how and whether dominant CE discourses currently address these cycles. This paper proposes the idea of a circular society as an umbrella concept that can help us better address the critical ecological, social, and political implications of a circularity transition. Moreover, this article develops a set of interrelated strategies to operationalise the circular society concept. This paper thus hopes to contribute to expanding the imaginary regarding the concept of circularity that can help the cross-pollination of ideas, solutions, and approaches to face the manyfold socio-ecological challenges of the twenty-first century.

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