Social economy/Definition

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A term with long association with European labor and leftist organizations and connotations of democratic forms of economic organization. Currently used in Canada and Europe and the United Nations to refer to a category similar to, but somewhat broader than the U.S. conception of a Nonprofit sector. Usually included in the social economy are associations, cooperatives, foundations and mutuals.