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S.O.S. : alternatives to capitalism / Richard Swift ; cover design, Andrew Kokotka ; design, Juha Sorsa ; imprint editor, Chris Brazier.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swift, Richard, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Socialism.
- Anarchism.
- Deep ecology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (175 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England : World Changing, 2014.
- Summary:
- Do co-operatives offer an alternative model for addressing key issues: economic uncertainty and mismanagement, political reform and climate change?.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Acknowledgements
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- History and current opportunities
- 1. The potential for an alternative economy
- 2. Can co-ops crowd out capitalism?
- 3. Past, present and future
- A new co-operative economy
- 4. Towards a new economy based on co-operation
- 5. Between the market and the state
- 6. Working towards economic democracy
- Co-operatives, open source and new global networks
- 7. Open source capitalism
- 8. Renovating the house of co-operatives
- Co-operatives and a sustainable future
- 9. Is there a co-operative solution to sustainable development?
- 10. Why we need to replace joint-stock companies with co-operatives in the sustainable economies of the future
- Co-operatives and the wider alternative economy
- 11. Co-operatives and their place in a global social economy
- 12. Experiments in solidarity economics - alternative financial organizations in France and Italy
- Critical perspectives: why a world of co-operatives may not be enough
- 13. Rebuilding the collective spirit through the experience of co-ops
- 14. The false alternative of co-operative choice under capitalism
- Afterword: What one thing needs to change to make co-operatives the dominant business model?
- About the authors: short biographies
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78026-162-4
- OCLC:
- 1124610431
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