Second Lives/Second Chances: Promoting Social Inclusion

In chapter seven, “Second Lives/Second Chances: Promoting Social Inclusion,” Maria Lucia Piga examines the link between social and environmental problems in the context of participative social policies in Italy. She shows how social cooperatives, especially those that are involved in recycling, reclamation, and inclusive agriculture represent a symbiotic solution that fosters socio-environmental alliances.
Summary of chapter seven: Environment protection against social justice? Social policy as a key tool for durable development. What kind of social policy? The turning point. Inclusion by work as an innovation for the integrated social policies system.Second lives / second chances: a social-environmental alliance to prevent social exclusion.