Mainstreaming Co-Operation: An Alternative for the Twenty-First Century?
Anthony Webster, Linda Shaw, Rachael Vorberg-Rugh, and Rachael Vorberg-Rugh
Abstract
After decades of flying beneath the radar, co-operation as a principle of business and socio-economic organisation is moving from the margins of economic, social and political thought into the mainstream. In both the developed and developing worlds, co-operative models are increasingly viewed as central to tackling a diverse array of issues, including global food security, climate change, sustainable economic development, public service provision, and gender inequality. This collection, drawing together research from an interdisciplinary group of scholars and co-operative practitioners, consid ... More
After decades of flying beneath the radar, co-operation as a principle of business and socio-economic organisation is moving from the margins of economic, social and political thought into the mainstream. In both the developed and developing worlds, co-operative models are increasingly viewed as central to tackling a diverse array of issues, including global food security, climate change, sustainable economic development, public service provision, and gender inequality. This collection, drawing together research from an interdisciplinary group of scholars and co-operative practitioners, considers the different spheres in which co-operatives are becoming more prominent. Drawing examples from different national and international contexts, the book offers major insights into how co-operation will come to occupy a more central role in social and economic life in the twenty-first century.
Keywords:
Co-operative movement,
History,
Economics,
Economic development,
International development,
Gender,
2008 financial crisis
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2016 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780719099595 |
| Published to Manchester Scholarship Online: May 2017 |
DOI:10.7228/manchester/9780719099595.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Anthony Webster, editor
Northumbria University
Linda Shaw, editor
Co-operative College, and Open University
Rachael Vorberg-Rugh, editor
Rachael Vorberg-Rugh, editor
independent scholar
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