LEADER 00000cam a2200649 i 4500 001 ocn911266245 003 OCoLC 005 20230113054233.0 006 m o d 007 cr ||||||||||| 008 150430s2015 nyu ob 001 0 eng 010 2020686069 019 916952204 020 9781634824200|q(ebook) 020 1634824202 020 |z9781634824071|q(hardcover) 020 |z1634824075 035 (OCoLC)911266245|z(OCoLC)916952204 040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dN$T|dYDXCP|dEBLCP|dOCLCF|dAGLDB|dS9I |dSTF|dOCLCO|dOCLCA 049 RIDW 050 00 HD2963 072 7 BUS|x069000|2bisacsh 082 00 334|223 090 HD2963 100 1 Ratner, Carl.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n90717367 245 14 The politics of cooperation and co-ops :|bforms of cooperation and co-ops, and the politics that shape them / |cCarl Ratner. 264 1 Hauppauge, New York :|bNova Science Publisher's, Incorporated,|c2015. 300 1 online resource. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 347 data file|2rda 490 1 Capitalism, counter-capitalism, and psychology 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-133) and index. 505 0 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. 520 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. 588 Description based on print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 610 20 International Co-operative Alliance.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/n80126260 610 20 National Cooperative Business Association (U.S.)|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88158814 610 27 International Co-operative Alliance.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/549803 610 27 National Cooperative Business Association (U.S.)|2fast |0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/650827 650 0 Cooperative societies.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh85032217 650 7 Cooperative societies.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast /878181 650 7 cooperatives (business enterprises)|2aat 650 7 cooperative stores (built works)|2aat 650 7 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS|xEconomics|xGeneral.|2bisacsh 655 4 Electronic books. 776 08 |iPrint version:|tThe politics of cooperation and co-ops |dHauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publisher's, Inc., 2015.|z9781634824071 (hardcover)|w(DLC) 2015007248 830 0 Capitalism, counter-capitalism, and psychology. 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=1014816|zOnline ebook via EBSCO. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading the EBSCO version of this ebook|uhttp://guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20230203|cEBSCO|tEBSCOebooksacademic NEW 6073 Quarterly |lridw 994 92|bRID