This collaboration between the Institute for Social Transformation at UC Santa Cruz and the USC Dornsife Equity Research Institute, Solidarity Economics uses data and analysis to contribute to a more powerful, well-resourced, intersectional, and intersectoral movement for equity.
The voices of socially, economically, racially, and environmentally marginalized communities are central in our work.
In this book Chris Benner and Manuel Pastor invite us to imagine and create a new sort of solidarity economics – an approach grounded in our instincts for connection and community – and in so doing, actually build a more robust, sustainable, and equitable economy. They argue that our current economy is already deeply dependent on mutuality, but that the inequality and fragmentation created by the status quo undermines this mutuality and with it our economic wellbeing. They outline the theoretical framing, policy agenda, and social movements we need to revive solidarity and apply it to whole societies.
Solidarity Economics is an essential read for anyone who longs for an economy that can generate prosperity, provide for all, and preserve the planet.
Join us for the Solidarity Economics Book Launch event featuring movement leaders on November 4th!
Dr. Chris Benner and Dr. Manuel Pastor’s Solidarity Economics is visualized in their upcoming comic. This comic highlights central aspects to understanding solidarity economics and implementing the approach to your own communities.
solidarityeconomics.org used to be the domain of the UK based Solidarity Economy Association, which can now be found at solidarityeconomy.coop.