A Global History of Co-operative Business

ISBN-13: 9781138191495 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 248 str.

Greg Patmore; Nikola Balnave

Opis

This book provides an international perspective on the development of co-operatives since the mid-nineteenth century, exploring the economic, political and social factors that explain their varying fortunes and transformation into different forms.

Spis treści

1. What are Co-operatives?  2. The Origins of the Idea and the Rochdale Pioneers: Before 1844  3. The Early Years and the Rise of Co-operative Wholesaling: 1844-1864  4. Diversification, Internationalization and the Formation of the International Co-operative Alliance: 1864-1914  5. The Challenges of War, Depression and Totalitarianism: 1914-1945  6. Post-War Prosperity, The Cold War and Decolonialization: 1945-1975  7. Contrasts. Neo-Liberalism and the UN International Year of Co-operatives: 1975 to the Present  8. Conclusion

O autorze

Greg Patmore is Emeritus Professor of Business and Labour History and the Chair of the Co-operatives Research Group at the University of Sydney, Australia. He is a member of the International Co-operative Alliance (Geneva) Global 300 Project.

Nikola Balnave is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Marketing and Management and a member of the Centre for Workforce Futures at Macquarie University, Australia. Nikki has been the President of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History since 2009. She has also been an executive member of the Academic Association of Historians in Australian and New Zealand Business Schools in many capacities since its inception in 2009.