Introduction to solidarity finance.

Summary The back cover states: "At a time when the social and solidarity economy seems to be an alternative to the general gloom, this book offers a global analysis of the mutations in the modern economic and financial system in order to understand the emergence and the urability of solidarity finance. It offers a wide and richly documented description of solidarity finance experiences in countries of the North and South, putting into perspective the organizational forms taken by the actors. What are the issues and mechanisms driving this new economic reality? Who are the actors and how do they operate? How sustainable is it? What are the impacts, the contributions, the limits and the potentialities? These are the questions that are answered in this clear and well argued book, written by a specialist in the field.