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1 online resource |
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Organizations and activism |
Contents |
Front cover -- Series page -- Co-operation and Co-Operatives in 21st-Century Europe -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Series Editors' Preface -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes on the Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- 1 Introduction: European Co-operativism in a Changing World -- Background to the book -- The historical roots of european co-operation -- Motivation and context today -- The cooperative research network of activist scholars -- Purpose and aims -- Structure and organization |
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Part I, seeds: identifying the space for co-operatives in addressing social challenges -- Part II, bridges: co-operative culture and education -- Part III, growth: the preston model, co-operation and community wealth building -- The chapters -- References -- Part I Seeds: Identifying the Spacefor Co-operatives in AddressingSocial Challenges -- 2 Star & Shadow Cinema: A Grassroots Interface between DIY Culture, New Co-operativism and the Commons -- Introduction -- Do it yourself cinema and using public space -- Diy, cooperativism and the commons -- The position of star & shadow cinema co-op |
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Star & shadow cinema co-op and co-operation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3 Beyond Green-Washing: Sustainable Development and Environmental Accountability through Co-operators' Eyes (A French Perspective) -- Introduction -- Workers' co-operation in france: background -- The sample analysed -- Co-operative A -- Co-operative B -- Co-operative C -- Findings and discussion -- Green policy within workers' coops -- Worker-members' attitudes towards ecology -- The implications of workers' co-operation for ecological awareness at work -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References |
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4 Exploring the Role of Worker Co-operatives in the Co-creation of Meaningful Work -- Introduction -- Worker co-operatives and work as a field of study -- Worker co-operatives -- Experiences of meaningless work -- Reclaiming meaning -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 The Promise and Perils of Corporate Governance-by-Design in Blockchain-Based Collectives: The Case of dOrg -- Introduction -- The case of dorg -- How dorg works -- Joining, and working through, dorg -- Governing dorg -- Applying rothschild and whitt's two ideal types of organization to dorg -- Corporate governance-by-design |
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Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 6 'Our Club, Our Community, Our Future': Co-operation, Deindustrialization and Motherwell Football Club's Journey to Community Ownership -- Introduction -- 'Death by a thousand cuts': thatcher and the closure of the 'craig -- The 'souness revolution' and the spirit of 1991 -- The rise and fall of the 'third force' strategy -- Launching the 'motherwell revolution': the birth of the well society -- Finding the spark: supporter co-operation and industrial identity -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II Bridges: Co-operative Culture and Education |
Summary |
This volume offers an important vision of co-operation as an alternative to the neoliberal market, exploring the cooperative model's potential for driving environmental and socio-economic transformation in the post-COVID world |
Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 01, 2023) |
Subject |
Cooperation -- Europe
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Cooperative societies -- Europe
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Development.
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Cooperation
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Cooperative societies
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Europe
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Electronic book
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Author |
Manley, Julian, editor
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Webster, Anthony, editor
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Kuznetsova, Olga, editor
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ISBN |
9781529226430 |
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1529226430 |
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