| Description |
1 online resource (201 p.) |
| Series |
Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy Series |
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Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy Series
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of tables -- List of abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Approach of the book -- The structure of the book -- Literature survey -- Part I What is a cooperative? -- 1 A cooperative is a firm -- The most important identifying aspects of a cooperative -- The five characteristics of cooperatives based on the ICA principles -- Conclusion -- 2 The seven strengths of cooperatives -- The seven strengths of cooperatives -- Two strengths of conventional companies |
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The competition between cooperatives and conventional companies -- Skepticism about cooperatives -- Conclusion -- 3 The six types of cooperatives -- The criteria for classifying cooperatives -- The classification of cooperatives -- A supplementary classification of cooperatives based on their strength -- Successes and limitations of cooperatives -- Conclusion -- Part II Why cooperatives in the twenty-first century? -- 4 Widening inequality and the importance of decent work -- The negative impacts of inequality on human society -- The need for government intervention in addressing inequality |
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Causes of outcome inequality deriving from labor-income issues -- Countermeasures to the causes of outcome inequality deriving from labor-income issues -- Labor market policies to support worker cooperatives -- Conclusion -- 5 The resilience of cooperatives in times of crises -- Crises aggravate inequality -- Cooperatives, resilience, and 'global crises' -- Cooperatives, resilience, and 'local crises' -- Conclusion -- 6 The role of cooperatives in supporting aging societies -- Population aging and threats to fiscal sustainability -- Countermeasures to ensure fiscal sustainability |
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Cooperatives and the expansion of the tax base -- Cooperatives and the promotion of healthy aging -- Conclusion -- 7 An overview of cooperatives' contributions to the SDGs -- Cooperatives' significant contributions to the SDGs -- The history of policy discussions on the cooperative movement -- Progress in mainstreaming cooperatives in UN policy discussions -- Conclusion -- Part III Scaling up the cooperative movement -- 8 Promoting cooperatives through decentralized public support mechanisms -- The benefits of decentralized public support mechanisms |
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Benefits of cooperatives for local communities -- The 'structures' of decentralized public support mechanisms for cooperatives -- The 'contents' of decentralized public support mechanisms for cooperatives -- The significant contribution of cooperatives to local governance -- Conclusion -- 9 Digitalizing cooperatives -- Impacts of digitalization on the market economy -- The digitalization of cooperatives -- Prototype business models -- Challenges -- Conclusion -- 10 The symbiotic potential between cooperatives and developing countries |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Developing countries and job creation in labor-intensive sectors |
| Subject |
Consumer cooperatives -- Korea (South)
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Sustainable development -- Korea (South)
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Income distribution -- Korea (South)
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Consumer cooperatives
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Income distribution
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Sustainable development
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Korea (South)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000995671 |
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1000995674 |
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