The co-operative alternative in Europe : the case of housing / Gregory Andrusz ; with contributions by Bo Bengtsson, Prue Chamberlayne, Lars Nord.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andrusz, Gregory D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Housing, Cooperative--Europe.

Housing, Cooperative.

Cooperative societies--Europe.

Cooperative societies.

Europe.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 307 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate, [1999]

Contents:

Part 1 From Corporatist State to Co-Operative Commonwealth? 7

1 Conflicts in Political Economy and Social Theory 10

2 A Co-operative Culture 34

Part II Russia and the Co-Operative Alternative 63

3 The Rise and Decline of the Co-operative in Russia 67

4 The Co-operative Revival under Gorbachev 95

Part III Housing Co-Operatives in Europe 143

5 Soviet Russia: The Struggle against Statism 150

6 Marxist GDR: Cyclical Fortunes / Prue Chamberlayne 178

7 Socialist Yugoslavia: Embryo of a Co-operative Republic / Lars Nord 215

8 Social Democratic Sweden: A Story of Success / Bo Bengtsson 249.

Notes:

This book has its origins in Gävle, Sweden, the venue for the first International Housing Research Conference in 1986... and the workshop on co-operatives held at the Co-operative College, Stanford Hall in July 1989.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1856288552

OCLC:

40881921