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000365424 |
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Κοινωνική οικονομία, εναλλακτικές κοινότητες και εναλλάκτικός τουρισμός : η περίπτωση της Μηλιάς στην επαρχία Κισσάμου, νομού Χανίων και η περίπτωση της μη-κερδοσκοπικής εταιρείας Βάμος Α.Ε. στην επαρχία του Αποκόρωνα, νομού Χανίων |
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Thesis advisor
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Μαρίνου-Ξανθού, Δώρα
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Reviewer
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Γ. Τσιώλης
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| Abstract |
Accounts of the future of the welfare state are often presented in crisis terms.
Some commentators identify globalization as a force that has already led to a
major retreat by the state and is likely to lead to further downsizing of the
public sector. The only way Western societies can lessen the future impact of
the ongoing cultural transformation of the labor market is through the redesign
of welfare state institutions to confront poverty, social exclusion,
unemployment e.t.c. The extended crisis of the welfare state led to the arise of a
new alternative economy most known as Third Sector or Social Solidarity. The
third sector is defined as the sector between the State and the Market and it
includes social enterprises with non-profit character. Promptly combined with
the development of Social Solidarity is the appearance of small communities
around the world which are self-organised and aim to economic selfsufficiency
with respect to nature. These communities are formed consciously
and have chosen an alternative social organization from the dominant one, to a
sustainable direction. The intentional Communities, as they called, include
various types of such societies which are coordinated by the Global Ecovillage
Network (GEN).This Network is a growing network of sustainable
communities and initiatives that bridge different cultures, countries, and
continents. GEN serves as umbrella organization for eco-villages, transition
town initiatives, intentional communities, and ecologically-minded individuals
worldwide. Parallel with this sustainable development an alternative type of
tourism has also appeared: eco-tourism. My interesting concerning the
existence of communities towards a sustainable development , motivated me
to search the Greek reality for such communities. My research includes two
empirical examples: the settlement of Milia and the non-profit enterprise
Vamos A.E. in Crete. The main purpose of this paper is to examine the
structure and function of these enterprises and to reveal whether these case
studies can be incorporated to the wider dialogue about Social Solidarity,
Intentional Communities, Eco-tourism or not. The method used in the survey is
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the ethnographic research. Ethnography is a qualitative research method used
usually to describe a culture. Data collection was done through participant
observation and in depth-interviews.
Keywords: Social Solidarity, Intentional Communities, Eco-village, Ecotourism,
Ethnographic research.
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Greek |
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Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης. Τμήμα Πολιτικής Επιστήμης Dissertations. |
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2010 |
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School/Department--School of Social Sciences--Department of Sociology--Post-graduate theses
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Type of Work--Post-graduate theses
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| Permanent Link |
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