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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ratner, Carl, author.

Series:

Capitalism, Counter-Capitalism, and Psychology (Series Editor, Carl Ratner, Institute for Cultural R

Capitalism, Counter-Capitalism, and Psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International Co-operative Alliance.

National Cooperative Business Association (U.S.).

Cooperative societies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

""THE POLITICS OF COOPERATION AND CO-OPS: FORMS OF COOPERATION AND CO-OPS, AND THE POLITICS THAT SHAPE THEM""; ""THE POLITICS OF COOPERATION AND CO-OPS: FORMS OF COOPERATION AND CO-OPS, AND THE POLITICS THAT SHAPE THEM""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE: POLITICS AND POLITICS""; ""THE CONTRADICTION OF LIBERAL REFORMISM""; ""INTRODUCTION: COOPTATION AND CORRUPTION IN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS""; ""Chapter One: CAPITALIST POLITICS OF COOPERATION AND CO-OPS""; ""THE STRUCTURE OF THE MAINSTREAM INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT""

""THE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE ALLIANCE (ICA)""""NATIONAL COOPERATIVE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION (NCBA)""; ""NCBA: PURVEYOR OF CO-OP COOPTATION AND CORRUPTION TO THE GRASSROOTS""; ""CREDIT UNIONS, CAPITALIST COOPERATIVE POLITICS, AND NCBA""; ""NATIONAL COUNCIL OF FARMER COOPERATIVES (NCFC)""; ""NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""Chapter Two: POPULIST POLITICS OF COOPERATION AND CO-OPS""; ""GRASSROOTS ECONOMIC ORGANIZING COLLECTIVE""; ""GAR ALPEROVITZ�S POPULIST POLITICS OF COOPERATION""; ""RICHARD WOLFF�S POPULIST POLITICS OF COOPERATION AND CO-OPS""

""CAN POPULIST CO-OPS TRANSFORM CAPITALISM AND BUREAUCRATIC SOCIALISM?""""SOLUTIONS DEPEND UPON CAUSES: LOOKING BEHIND CO-OP PROBLEMS TO THEIR POLITICS IN ORDER TO LOOK AHEAD TO DISCOVER THEIR SOLUTION""; ""NON-CAPITALIST IS NOT TANTAMOUNT TO PRO-SOCIALIST OR PRO-COOPERATION""; ""THE UNNOTICED, UNEXPLAINED SHORTCOMINGS OF COOPERATION AND CO-OPS""; ""THE INSIDIOUS CONVERGENCE OF POPULIST AND CAPITALIST POLITICS OF COOPERATION AND CO-OPS""; ""Chapter Three: TOWARD A SOCIALIST POLITICS OF COOPERATION AND COOPERATIVES""; ""THE ILLUSION OF ABSTRACT, APOLITICAL COOPERATION""

""A SOCIALIST POLITICS OF COOPERATION AND CO-OPS GROUNDS COOPERATION AND CO-OPS IN A SOCIALIST MODE OF PRODUCTION, OR SOCIALIST POLITICAL-ECONOMY""""MARX�S CRITIQUE OF CAPITALIST SOCIAL RELATIONS AS THE BASIS OF AN ALTERNATIVE SOCIALIST MODE OF PRODUCTION AND COOPERATION""; ""MARX�S ALTERNATIVE SOCIALIST MODE OF PRODUCTION AND COOPERATION AS THE POSSIBLE, NECESSARY, VIABLE CONCRETE NEGATION OF ANTI-COOPERATION""; ""MARX�S ANALYSIS OF CO-OPS""; ""MARX�S OBJECTIVISTIC THEORY OF SOCIALIST COOPERATION""; ""COOPERATIVE PSYCHOLOGY""

""ACTUALITY, POSSIBILITY AND NECESSITY: A PHILOSOPHICAL EXEGESIS""""SOCIALIST DEMOCRACY VS. POPULIST (BOURGEOIS) DEMOCRACY""; ""SOCIALIST FREE SPEECH/PRESS VS. POPULIST (LIBERAL) FREE SPEECH/PRESS""; ""LEVELS OF COOPERATION""; ""CHINESE VILLAGE COOPERATIVES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""ABOUT THE AUTHOR""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63482-420-2

OCLC:

911266245