Co-Operatives As Social Innovation – How Older Models Of Social Enterprise Are More Relevant Than Ever

Authors

Gerard Doyle, Technological University DublinFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

2.1 CIVIL ENGINEERING

Publication Details

ISBN-13 : 978-1781190708

Abstract

Ireland faces a number of socio-economic issues, including, an over-reliance on fossil fuels, inequality, unsustainable approaches to urban regeneration and unbalanced regional development. This chapter will demonstrate how social enterprise can lead to the implementation of socially innovative responses to addressing these issues.

Recommended Citation

Doyle, G. (2012). Co-Operatives As Social Innovation – How Older Models Of Social Enterprise Are More Relevant Than Ever. In Social Enterprise in Ireland: A People's Economy?, Oak Tree Press. Prendergast, Frank, and Tom Ray. (2017). "Alignment of the Western and Eastern Passage Tombs." In Excavations at Knowth 6: The Passage Tomb Archaeology of the Great Mound at Knowth (Appendix 2), edited by George Eogan and Kerri Cleary (Archaeological Editor), 263–276. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy.