10.2190/SH.6.2.c N53W18760K82U020 3 Self-Help and the Social Economy: A Synthesis 129 149 20120913 20120913 20120913 20120913 N53W18760K82U020.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=N53W18760K82U020 2 Laurie Mook Andrea Chan Jack Quarter Arizona State University Social Economy Centre, University of Toronto Although the literatures of the social economy and the self-help tradition have distinct roots, there are commonalities between them. This article discusses some of these commonalities and what these two traditions can add to each other. Following a brief discussion of the social economy and the self-help traditions, we discuss two dimensions of commonality, synthesize these into a model, present some case illustrators, and the implications of the analysis. social economy self-help mutual aid membership-based organizations associations

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