This volume explores where, how and why the cooperative model is having a distinctive, transformational impact in driving socio-economic changes in a post-pandemic 21st century world.
Drawing from a diverse range of examples, the book sheds light on how today’s cooperatives and a co-operative way of organising might serve new societal demands. It examines organisational structures and governance models that develop socio-economic resilience in cooperatives. The book’s contributors reveal how the very pursuit of cooperative values and principles challenges market fundamentalism and promotes participatory democracy.
This is a timely contribution to recent debates around transformative economies and an invaluable resource for scholars and activists interested in alternative ways of organising.
Innehållsförteckning
1. Introduction: European Co-operativism in a Changing World – Julian Manley, Anthony Webster and Olga Kuznetsova
Part 1: Seeds: Identifying the Space for Co-operatives in Addressing Social Challenges
2. Star and Shadow Cinema: A Grassroots Interface between DIY Culture, New Co-operativism and the Commons – Christo Wallers
3. Beyond Green-washing: Sustainable Development and Environmental Accountability through Co-operators’ Eyes (a French Perspective) – François Deblangy
4. Exploring the Role of Worker Co-operatives in the Co-creation of Meaningful Work – Kiri Langmead and Anthony Webster
5. The Promise and Perils of Corporate Governance-by-Design in Blockchain-Based Collectives: The Case of d Org – Morshed Mannan
6. ‘Our Club, Our Community, Our Future’: Co-operation, Deindustrialization and Motherwell Football Club’s Journey to Community Ownership – David Stewart
Part 2: Bridges: Co-operative Culture and Education
7. Co-operation for Asset-Based Community Development: The Example of the Community Explorers Project at Leicester Vaughan College – Malcolm Noble
8. Engaging Universities in Capacity Building for a Co-operative Economy – Andrei Kuznetsov and Olga Kuznetsova
Part 3: Growth: The Preston Model, Co-operation and Community Wealth Building
9. The Strange Death of Co-operative Britain? Comparing the Development of British Co-operation with Wider European Trends and Emerging Strategies for a 21st-Century Revival – Anthony Webster
10. How Far Can the Co-operative Character Extend? The Sense of Co-operation and Co-operative Councils – Julian Manley and Temidayo Eseonu
11. Community Wealth Building in Preston: Successes and Challenges of Co-operation in Action – Ioannis Prinos
12. ‘Can a Leopard Change Its Spots?’ How the Established Model of the Mondragon Co-operatives Struggles to Adapt to a Changing World – Julian Manley
13. Possibilities and Challenges of the ‘Sorachi Model’: Learning from Preston’s Attempts to Rebuild the Region – Hiroshi Sakai
14. Conclusion: Clues to a Co-operative Future? Julian Manley, Olga Kuznetsova and Anthony Webster
Om författaren
Olga Kuznetsova is Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Place Management at Manchester Metropolitan University.
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