Marguerite Mendell, PhD
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus, School of Community and Public Affairs
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Biography
Margie Mendell is a member of the Centre de recherche sur les innovations sociales (CRISES - UQAM); honorary member of the Global Social Economy Forum. She is member of the Board of Directors of the Chantier de l'économie sociale and la Tohu. As well, Margie Mendell is a member of the editorial board of The Annals of the Fondazione Luigi Einaudi. An Interdisciplinary Journal of Economics, History and Political Science, and is on the Advisory Board of Studies in Political Economy, among others. She is a frequent contributor to television, radio and written media on public policy issues in Canada, Québec, and internationally.
Areas of research and teaching
Community Economic Development (comparative perspectives)Social finance and impact investing in Quebec and internationally
The social and solidarity economy including social enterprise (comparative perspectives)
Innovation in public policy formation
Social innovation
The commons
Economic democracy
Governance from theoretical and comparative perspectives
Social indicators
The life and work of Karl Polanyi
Biographie
Mme Mendell est aussi co-chercheure au sein d'un organisme également financé par le CRSHC, le Réseau féministe pour un renouvellement des théories et des pratiques économiques et politiques. Cette initiative regroupe de chercheures féministes d'universités québécoises et des organismes de femmes du Québec.
Mme Mendell est présidente du Conseil d'administration de l'Association communautaire d'emprunt de Montréal (ACEM) et membre du Conseil de la Corporation de développement économique communautaire (CDEC) Côte-des-Neiges/Notre-Dame-de-Grâce ainsi que de la Fondation Léa Roback.
Intérêts d'enseignement et de recherche
politiques publiques comparéeshistoire de la pensée économique
économie politique d'Europe de l'Est
développement économique communautaire comparé
stratégies d'investissement non traditionnelles
démocraties économiques
économie sociale
Selected publications
Mendell, M. and Béatrice Alain. (2015) "Enabling the Social and Solidarity Economy through the Co-Construction of Public Policy" in Peter Utting, ed. Social and Solidarity Economy Beyond the Fringe. London, Zed Books, pp. 166-182. Mendell, M. (2015) "Democratizing Capital: Social and Solidarity Finance in Quebec" in Ngai Pun, Ben Hok-bun Ku, Hairong Yan, Anita Koo eds., Social Economy in China and the World. London, Routledge, pp. 94-114. |
Bourque, Gilles L. (2013) Margie Mendell, Ralph Rouzier. “Solidarity Finance: history of an emerging practice,” in M. Bouchard (ed.), Innovations in the Social Economy: The Quebec Experience. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, pp. 180-205. Mendell, M. (2013) “Karl Polanyi et le processus institué de démocratisation économique,” in Hillenkamp Isabelle et Laville Jean-Louis (dir.), Socioéconomie et démocratie. L'actualité de Karl Polanyi, Ramonville - Saint-Agne, Erès, pp. 149-68. Mendell, M. and K. Polanyi Levitt. (2012) “Karl Polanyi: su vida y época” in J.L. Coraggio (ed.), Textos escogidos. Karl Polanyi. Buenos Aires: Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) y Universidad National de General Sarmiento, pp. 21-46. |
Mendell, M. and N. Neamtan. (2010). “The Social Economy in Quebec: Towards a New Political Economy” in L. Mook, J. Quarter, and S. Ryan (eds.), Why the Social Economy Matters. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, pp. 32-58.
Bourque, G.L., M. Mendell, and R. Rouzier (2009). La Finance responsable au Québec. Portrait, enjeux et défis d'une finance au service d'un développement durable et solidaire. Montreal: Éditions Vie économique, coopérative et solidarité. 124p.
“Social Enterprises in OECD Member Countries: What are the Financial Streams?” in A. Noya (ed) The Changing Boundaries of Social Enterprises. OECD, 2009, pp. 89- 138. [With R. Nogales].
“The Three Pillars of the Social Economy. The Quebec Experience (1996-2007)” in A. Amin. Social Economy: Alternative Ways of Thinking about Capitalism and Welfare. London: Zed Press 2009.
Mendell, M. (2009). “The Social Economy in Quebec: Lessons and Challenges for International Co-Operation” in D. Reed and J.J. McMurty (eds.), Cooperatives in a Global Economy: The Challenges of Co-Operation across Borders. United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 226-241.
“Karl Polanyi and Instituted Process of Economic Democratization" in M. Harvey, R. Ramlogan and S. Randles. Editors. Polanyian Perspectives on Embedded Economic Processes, Development and Transformation. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2007. pp. 78-92.
Mendell, M. (2005). Reclaiming Democracy. The Social Justice and Political Economy of Gregory Baum and Kari Polanyi Levitt. Editor. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press. 176p.