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Author Ratner, Carl.

Title The politics of cooperation and co-ops : forms of cooperation and co-ops, and the politics that shape them / Carl Ratner.

Publication Info. Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publisher's, Incorporated, 2015.
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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Capitalism, counter-capitalism, and psychology
Capitalism, counter-capitalism, and psychology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-133) and index.
Contents Preface: politics and politics -- Introduction : cooptation and corruption in social movements -- Capitalist politics of cooperation and co-ops -- Populist politics of cooperation and co-ops -- Toward a socialist politics of cooperation and co-ops.
Summary The current co-op movement in the U.S. seeks to be a structural alternative to capitalism; this book seriously questions whether the current movement can accomplish that task. Carl Ratner offers a rich and unique political analysis and critique that provides helpful insights into the practice and problems of the contemporary cooperative movement. Noting that cooperators tend to view their work as apolitical because the explicit influence of national political parties is absent, the author constructs a compelling argument that cooperators nonetheless operate unwittingly with implicit political.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject International Co-operative Alliance.
International Co-operative Alliance.
National Cooperative Business Association (U.S.)
National Cooperative Business Association (U.S.)
Cooperative societies.
Cooperative societies.
cooperatives (business enterprises)
cooperative stores (built works)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: The politics of cooperation and co-ops Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publisher's, Inc., 2015. 9781634824071 (hardcover) (DLC) 2015007248
ISBN 9781634824200 (ebook)
1634824202
9781634824071 (hardcover)
1634824075

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