Solidarity Economy
Description
For the concept rather than the book, go to: Solidarity Economics).
A short definition:
"The Solidarity Economy is an alternative development framework that is grounded in practice and the in the principles of: solidarity, mutualism, and cooperation; equity in all dimensions (race/ethnicity/ nationality, class, gender, LGBTQ); social well-being over profit and the unfettered rule of the market; sustainability; social and economic democracy; and pluralism, allowing for different forms in different contexts, open to continual change and driven from the bottom-up." (http://www.populareconomics.org/ussen/)
The Book
Book: Solidarity Economy: Building Alternatives for People and Planet. by Carl Davidson. Lulu.com
"The emergence of the global grassroots economic structural reform movement known as the Solidarity Economy. This book contain the core papers, discussion and debates on the topic at the U.S. Social Forum of 10,000 people in Atlanta in the summer of 2007."