Today there is an international infatuation with a grouping most often called the social and solidarity economy, evidenced by the fact that, since the start of the 21st century, more than thirty countries on different continents have adopted public policies or laws in this area. Of course, there are numerous ambiguities attached to this institutionalisation, but all the same it represents a change in relation to the debates focussed in the 20th century on the respective importance of the market and the state…
