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Author: Edgar Parnell
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 268
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines new ways of understanding the cooperative business model and how to set about changing cooperatives so they can make the transition from simply surviving to becoming growth engines of the economy and thereby real benefits to their members.
Author: Edgar Parnell
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 326
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn updated version of Reinventing the Co-operative - Enterprises for the 21st Century (1995). Discusses cooperatives as forms of organization and the management of cooperatives. Considers the future of cooperatives.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Information, Justice, Transportation, and Agriculture Subcommittee
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 156
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michael Peter Smith
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-09-29
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 1351493981
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book addresses the questions of what went wrong with Detroit and what can be done to reinvent the Motor City. Various answers to the former-deindustrialization, white flight, and a disappearing tax base-are now well understood. Less discussed are potential paths forward, stemming from alternative explanations of Detroit's long-term decline and reconsideration of the challenges the city currently faces. Urban crisis-socioeconomic, fiscal, and political-has seemingly narrowed the range of possible interventions. Growth-oriented redevelopment strategies have not reversed Detroit's decline, but in the wake of crisis, officials have increasingly funnelled limited public resources into the city's commercial core via an implicit policy of "urban triage." The crisis has also led to the emergency management of the city by extra-democratic entities. As a disruptive historical event, Detroit's crisis is a moment teeming with political possibilities. The critical rethinking of Detroit's past, present, and future is essential reading for both urban studies scholars and the general public.
Author: Gabriel Metcalf
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2015-11-17
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 1137279672
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA look at the burgeoning movement towards "alternative institutions," and how it can level the American playing field
Author: John F. Wilson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2013-10
Total Pages: 477
ISBN-13: 0199655111
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHowever, in the second half of the twentieth century co-operatives experienced a protracted period of decline, facing a series of internal structural challenges, fierce competition amongst food retailers, and a rapidly-changing marketplace.
Author: Fr?d?ric Laloux
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Published: 2014
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9782960133516
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The way we manage organizations seems increasingly out of date. Deep inside, we sense that more is possible. We long for soulful workplaces, for authenticity, community, passion, and purpose. In this groundbreaking book, the author shows that every time, in the past, when humanity has shifted to a new stage of consciousness, it has achieved extraordinary breakthroughs in collaboration. A new shift in consciousness is currently underway. Could it help us invent a more soulful and purposeful way to run our businesses and nonprofits, schools and hospitals? A few pioneers have already cracked the code and they show us, in practical detail, how it can be done. Leaders, founders, coaches, and consultants will find this work a joyful handbook, full of insights, examples, and inspiring stories."--Page [4] of cover.
Author: Peter Ranis
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Published: 2016-08-15
Total Pages: 141
ISBN-13: 1783606525
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCooperatives the world over are successfully developing alternative models of decision-making, employment and operation without the existence of managers, executives and hierarchies. Through case studies spanning the US, Latin America and Europe, including valuable new work on the previously neglected cooperative movement in Cuba, Peter Ranis explores how cooperatives have evolved in response to the economic crisis. Going further yet, Ranis makes the novel argument that the constitutionally enshrined principle of 'eminent domain' can in fact be harnessed to create and defend worker cooperatives. Combining the work of key radical theorists, including Marx, Gramsci and Luxemburg, with that of contemporary political economists, such as Block, Piketty and Stiglitz, Cooperatives Confront Capitalism provides what is perhaps the most far-reaching analysis yet of the ideas, achievements and wider historical context of the cooperative movement.
Author: Tom Woodin
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-10-24
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 1317695208
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe rapidity of change in education has intensified in recent years. With the emergence of ‘co-operative schools’ and a new framework focusing heavily on co-operation, a direct challenge to ways of thinking about education, at both school and university level, has developed. Co-operation, Learning and Co-operative Values addresses the urgent need to describe, analyse and assess the growth of co-operative education. The relationship between co-operation and education is a complex process and this book critically reflects on the tensions and obstacles facing this movement. It brings together the contributions of academics and practitioners from a range of backgrounds, and explores topics including: Theories and histories of co-operative values and principles Critical views of the practice of co-operative education Case studies of processes in action from both schools and higher education Co-operative education in a wider context This book provides an essential introduction to a new and expanding area of research with chapters by many leading commentators in education. It will be of interest to researchers and educators interested in education and social policy.
Author: Clifford Rechtschaffen
Publisher: Environmental Law Institute
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9781585760435
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of the most controversial issues in environmental law and policy-and one that of considerable importance to the EPA-is the allocation of power and authority between the federal and state governments. The recent evolution in approaches of environmental enforcement highlights many of the tensions inherent in this debate. During the past several years, the federal and state governments have spent a good deal of energy attempting to "reinvent" their relationship. The shifts in federal/state enforcement relations are highly significant, with the potential to fundamentally reorder the division of authority that has existing over the past 25 years. This book thoroughly documents the changing nature of federal/state relations in enforcing environmental law. It breaks new ground in analyzing the federal/state enforcement relationship, particularly in light of the many recent developments that have occurred in this area. The author's findings provide important lessons about the interplay between federal and state efforts in other regulatory areas, and for the structure of federal/state relations generally. Professors Rechtschaffen's and Markell's clear, in-depth analysis will be essential reading for legal and regulatory experts, attorneys who are involved in environmental enforcement matters, the judiciary, legislators, political scientists, public policy experts, and anyone with an interest in environmental law and policy.
