A global history of consumer co-operation since 1850 : movements and businesses / edited by Mary Hilson, Silke Neunsinger, Greg Patmore.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hilson, Mary.

Neunsinger, Silke.

Patmore, Greg.

Series:

Studies in Global Social History 28.

Studies in global social history ; 28

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumer cooperatives--History.

Consumer cooperatives.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (877 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, [2017]

Summary:

With contributions from over 30 scholars, A Global History of Consumer Co-operation surveys the origins and development of the consumer co-operative movement from the mid-nineteenth century until the present day. The contributions, covering the history of co-operation in different national contexts in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australasia, illustrate the wide variety of forms that consumer co-operatives have taken; the different political, economic and social contexts in which they have operated; the ideological influences on their development; and the reasons for their expansion and decline at different times. The book also explores the connections between co-operatives in different parts of the world, challenging assumptions that the story of global co-operation can be traced exclusively to the 1844 Rochdale Co-operative Society. Contributors are: Amélie Artis, Nikola Balnave, Patrizia Battilani, Johann Brazda, Susan Fitzpatrick-Behrens, María Eugenia Castelao Caruana, Kay-Wah Chan, Bernard Degen, Danièle Demoustier, Espen Ekberg, Dulce Freire, Katarina Friberg, Mary Hilson, Mary Ip, Florian Jagschitz, Pernilla Jonsson, Kim Hyung-mi, Akira Kurimoto, Simon Lambersens, Catherine C LeGrand, Ian MacPherson, Francisco José Medina-Albaladejo, Alain Mélo, Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Silke Neunsinger, Greg Patmore, Joana Dias Pereira, Michael Prinz, Siegfried Rom, Robert Schediwy, Corrado Secchi, Geert Van Goethem, Griselda Verbeke, Rachael Vorberg-Rugh, Mirta Vuotto, Anthony Webster and John Wilson.

Contents:

Introduction

A Global History of Consumer Co-operation since 1850: Introduction / Mary Hilson , Silke Neunsinger and Greg Patmore

Co-operative History: Movements and Businesses / Mary Hilson

Origins and Models

Origins and Models: Introduction to Section 1 / Mary Hilson

Rochdale and Beyond: Consumer Co-operation in Britain before 1945 / Mary Hilson

The Belgian Co-operative Model: Elements of Success and Failure / Geert Van Goethem

History of Consumer Co-operatives in France: From the Conquest of Consumption by the Masses to the Challenge of Mass Consumption / Simon Lambersens , Amélie Artis , Danièle Demoustier and Alain Mélo

Consumer Co-operation in the Nordic Countries, c. 1860–1939 / Mary Hilson

Canadian and us Catholic Promotion of Co-operatives in Central America and the Caribbean and Their Political Implications / Susan Fitzpatrick-Behrens and Catherine C LeGrand

African American Consumer Co-operation: History and Global Connections / Jessica Gordon Nembhard

A Co-operative Take on Free Trade: International Ambitions and Regional Initiatives in International Co-operative Trade / Katarina Friberg

Challenges to Democracy – State Intervention

Challenges to Democracy – State Intervention: Introduction to Section 2 / Silke Neunsinger

German Co-operatives: Rise and Fall 1850–1970 / Michael Prinz

The Rise and Fall of Austria’s Consumer Co-operatives / Johann Brazda , Florian Jagschitz , Siegfried Rom and Robert Schediwy

Consumer Co-operatives in Portugal: Debates and Experiences from the Nineteenth to the Twentieth Century / Dulce Freire and Joana Dias Pereira

Consumer Co-operatives in Spain, 1860–2010 / Francisco J Medina-Albaladejo

The Experience of the Consumer Co-operative Movement in KoreaIts Break off and Rebirth, 1919–2010 / Kim Hyungmi

Consumer Co-operatives in the People’s Republic of China: A Development Path Shaped by Its Economic and Political History / Mary Ip and Kay-Wah Chan

Challenges to Business

Challenges to Business: Introduction to Section 3 / Greg Patmore

Managing Consumer Co-operatives: A Historical Perspective / Greg Patmore and Nikola Balnave

Patterns, Limitations and Associations: The Consumer Co-operative Movement in Canada, 1828 to the Present / Ian MacPherson

Rochdale Consumer Co-operatives in Australia and New Zealand / Nikola Balnave and Greg Patmore

Consumer Co-operation in a Changing Economy: The Case of Argentina / Mirta Vuotto , Griselda Verbeke and María Eugenia Castelao Caruana

Fighting Monopoly and Enhancing Democracy: A Historical Overview of us Consumer Co-operatives / Greg Patmore

Affluence and Decline: Consumer Co-operatives in Postwar Britain1 / Corrado Secchi

Consolidation

Consolidation: Introduction to Section 4 / Mary Hilson

Going Global. The Rise of the cws as an International Commercial and Political Actor, 1863–1950: Scoping an Agenda for Further Research / Anthony Webster , John F Wilson and Rachael Vorberg-Rugh

Consumer Co-operation in Italy: A Network of Co-operatives with a Multi-class Constituency / Patrizia Battilani

Consumer Societies in Switzerland: From Local Self-help Organizations to a Single National Co-operative / Bernard Degen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

90-04-33655-9

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004336551 DOI