Networked solidarity economy: Gender in interorganizational networks. An evaluation with ERGMs

For their economic success, organizations in the social economy are particularly dependent on access to collective resources through interorganizational networks. Because self-organised network governance of an economy is notoriously intransparent, there is the danger that existing societal inequali...

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Authors: Garrido-Skurkowicz, Natalia, Steglich, Christian
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2022
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repository:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
OAI Identifier:oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/146675
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10609/146675
http://doi.org/10.1007/s41109-022-00458-y
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:advice network
social economy organizations
collaboration
ERGMs
gender
gender-based inequality
interorganizational networks
solidarity economy
red de asesoramiento
organizaciones de economía social
colaboración
género
desigualdad de género
redes interorganizacionales
economía solidaria
xarxa d'assessorament
organitzacions d'economia social
col·laboració
ERGM
gènere
desigualtat de gènere
xarxes interorganizacionals
economia solidària
economia social
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Summary:For their economic success, organizations in the social economy are particularly dependent on access to collective resources through interorganizational networks. Because self-organised network governance of an economy is notoriously intransparent, there is the danger that existing societal inequalities get replicated particularly well. This creates a tension with the equality-promoting mission of these organizations. This paper investigates the degree to which the goal of gender equality has been realized in the social economy of Barcelona. By analysing networks of advice-seeking and economic collaboration with exponential random graph models, network mechanisms are analysed to estimate gender-based inequality.