Mainstreaming co-operation: An alternative for the twenty-first century?

doi:10.7765/9781526100993

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.

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Front Matter
pp i-iv
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Contents
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List of figures, tables and boxes
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List of contributors
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Acknowledgements
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1 - Introduction
pp 1-13
- By Anthony Webster, Linda Shaw, Rachael Vorberg-Rugh
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2 - Mainstreaming co-operatives after the global financial crisis
pp 14-30
- By Claudia Sanchez Bajo, Bruno Roelants
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3 - Our agencies: Persuasion and the value of a concept to mainstreaming co-operation
pp 31-45
- By Philip Grant
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4 - G. J. Holyoake (1807–1906): A resource for a journey of hope?
pp 46-68
- By Stephen Yeo
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5 - History, citizenship and co-operative education, c. 1895–1930
pp 69-89
- By Keith Vernon
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6 - ‘The unit of the co-operative movement … is a woman’: Gender and the development of the co-operative business model in Britain
pp 90-110
- By Rachael Vorberg-Rugh
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7 - A continuing challenge: Women and leadership in co-operatives
pp 111-130
- By Barbara Rawlings, Linda Shaw
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8 - The wasted years?: The Co-operative Party during the 1930s
pp 131-150
- By Angela Whitecross
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9 - New models of ownership and governance
pp 151-168
- By Cliff Mills, Ruth Yeoman
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10 - Co-operatives in health care: Global prospects for the development of co-operatives as instruments of consumer- centred health care
pp 169-182
- By Vern Hughes
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11 - The re-emergence of the co-operative model for architects
pp 183-200
- By Stephen McCusker
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12 - Co-operatives and climate protection: Housing co-operatives in Germany
pp 201-220
- By Carolin Schröder, Heike Walk
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13 - The co-operative identity: Good for poverty reduction?
pp 221-238
- By Rowshan Hannan
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14 - What do we really know about workers’ co-operatives?
pp 239-260
- By Virginie Pérotin
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15 - The impact of the co-operative ethos on the creation of shared value: A case study of Lincolnshire Co-operative Society
pp 261-279
- By Phil Considine, Martin Hingley
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16 - Learning to swim against the tide: Crises and co-operative credibility – some international and historical examples
pp 280-304
- By Anthony Webster, Linda Shaw, Rachael Vorberg-Rugh, John F. Wilson, Ian Snaith
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Index
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Contents

Front Matter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of figures, tables and boxes
pp vii-viii

List of contributors
pp ix-xii

Acknowledgements
pp xiii-xiv

1 - Introduction
pp 1-13

2 - Mainstreaming co-operatives after the global financial crisis
pp 14-30

3 - Our agencies: Persuasion and the value of a concept to mainstreaming co-operation
pp 31-45

4 - G. J. Holyoake (1807–1906): A resource for a journey of hope?
pp 46-68

5 - History, citizenship and co-operative education, c. 1895–1930
pp 69-89

6 - ‘The unit of the co-operative movement … is a woman’: Gender and the development of the co-operative business model in Britain
pp 90-110

7 - A continuing challenge: Women and leadership in co-operatives
pp 111-130

8 - The wasted years?: The Co-operative Party during the 1930s
pp 131-150

9 - New models of ownership and governance
pp 151-168

10 - Co-operatives in health care: Global prospects for the development of co-operatives as instruments of consumer- centred health care
pp 169-182

11 - The re-emergence of the co-operative model for architects
pp 183-200

12 - Co-operatives and climate protection: Housing co-operatives in Germany
pp 201-220

13 - The co-operative identity: Good for poverty reduction?
pp 221-238

14 - What do we really know about workers’ co-operatives?
pp 239-260

15 - The impact of the co-operative ethos on the creation of shared value: A case study of Lincolnshire Co-operative Society
pp 261-279

16 - Learning to swim against the tide: Crises and co-operative credibility – some international and historical examples
pp 280-304

Index
pp 305-314

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