Social Economics and the Solidarity City explores the potential of the social economy as a site of urban struggle, political mobilization and community organization.

Brendan Murtagh is a Reader in Urban Planning at Queen's University Belfast, and has been involved in numerous research projects and books.

1. Introduction 2. The rules of the game 3. Urban politics and alternative economics 4. Social and solidarity economics 5. Enterprises, legitimace and pursuit of the social 6. Actually existing solidarity economies 7. Scale, replication and money 8. Conclusions