The proclamation by the United Nations that 2012 would be the International Year of Co-operatives represents a milestone in the history of the international cooperative movement. It reflects the growth and renewal of cooperatives globally during the past decade and a half, whether the focus is on financial cooperatives in Britain or producer cooperatives across Africa.
Cooperatives?businesses or associations equally owned and controlled by the people who use their services?have proved resilient in the wake of the global financial crisis compared with the investorled business and financial companies that have been found financially and morally wanting. The contributors to The Hidden Alternative demonstrate that cooperation offers a much needed alternative for the organization of economic and social affairs, one that should find its place at the forefront of public and academic discussion and policymaking.
The book includes chapters on education, fair trade, politics and governance, planning, and sustainability, and on how cooperatives have coped with the global economic crisis. It will be of interest to students and academics and to policymakers who have witnessed the inadequacies of investor-led business models during the global recession.
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Anthony Webster is head of history in the School of Humanities and Social Science at Liverpool John Moores University, UK.
Alyson Brown is a reader in history in the department of English and history at Edge Hill University.
David Stewart is senior lecturer in history in the School of Education and Social Science at the University of Central Lancashire.
John K. Walton is Ikerbasque Research Professor in the department of contemporary history at the University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain.
Linda Shaw is vice principal of the Co-operative College, UK.
Contents Co-Operativism Meets City Ethics: The 1997 Lanica Take-Over Bid for CWS Values and Vocation: Educating the Co-operative Workforce, 1918-1939 International Perspectives on Co-operative Education Co-operative Education in Britain During the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: Context, Identity and LearningBeyond a Fair PriceNegotiating Consumer and Producer Interests --A Challenge for the Co-op and Fair Trade "A Party Within a Party"? The Co-operative Party-Labour Party Alliance and the Formation of the Social Democratic Party, 1974-1981The Creation of New Entities: Stakeholders and Shareholders in 19th Century Italian Co-operatives Co-operatives and Nation-Building in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Contradictions and Challenges Community, Individuality and Co-operation: The Centrality of ValuesAn Alternative Co-operative Tradition: The Basque Co-operatives of Mondragon "A Co-operative of Intellectuals": The Encounter between Co-operative Values and Urban PlanningGovernment to Governance: The Challenge of Co-operative Revival in IndiaMinding the GAAP: Co-operative Responses to the Global Convergence of Accounting Standards and PracticeResting on Laurels? Examining the Resilience of Co-operative Values in Times of Calm and CrisisShared Visions of Co-operation at a Time of Crisis: The Gung Ho Story in China's Anti- Japanese ResistanceConclusion: The Hidden Alternative
