Contributions to the debate on the agendas of the social economy in the culture or Turkey

Abstract

Globalization of the economy and the dynamics of the market mechanism have brought about numerous
problems for both individuals and society in general. Environmental problems, lack of sufficient information being
conveyed between market and consumers, lack of information concerning the processes of producing etc. are the
examples of the problems that are brought about by the market mechanism. Alternative economic practices are
being constituted by individuals in various forms of association such as collectives, entrepreneurs etc. in order to
cope with those problems mainstream capitalist economy caused through creating social values for the common
good. The concept of solidarity economy is being adopted in the article in order to indicate these alternative
economic practices; and the main of this article is to shed light on the solidarity patterns of the activities relied on
nonmainstream economy within the scope of some cases in the light of four cases from Turkey.