Análisis de la participación de la economía social en el diálogo social

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the role of the social economy in the process of public policy making, both from a theoretical and from an empirical view. First, it provides a theoretical framework that integrates the most relevant theoretical contributions related to the analysis of the public policy process, as well as those theoretical approaches that justify sector participation in the policy making process. The empirical study presents the case of the «Comunidad Valenciana», which discusses the degree of participation of the social economy agents in Valencian social dialogue. Most importantly, this study found that despite the fact that participation of the social economy in the social dialogue is justified theoretically and institutionally, this participation is, in fact, limited to a small number of policies, which usually have a sectorial character.