Social economy entities as organizational elements of economic civil society in Poland

Purpose: The article is intended to present the theoretical concept of the organisation of economic civil society shaped by social economy entities. Design/methodology/approach: Critical analysis methods used in literature studies; analysis of secondary documents such as legal acts, and official institutional documents. Findings: First, the article presents the theoretical concept of civic society, the conditions and reasons for its emergence, and describes its four forms. One of these forms consists of the emerging organisation of economic civil society. Such a society is based on the activity of social enterprises as social economy entities. We also stressed the need for cooperation between public administration units and social enterprises. Originality/value: The novelty of this article consists in outlining the concept of economic civil society. We also point-ed out that examples of the activities of social economy entities that organise economic civil society delineate the object of interest of the social economy. It takes into account social, economic, and environmental interests. We emphasised that this is the direction towards which economics, as a scientific discipline, should head. It should be heterogeneous and holistic.

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Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2024).