Co-operatives

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Grocery Story The Promise of Food Co-ops in the Age of Grocery Store Giants New Society Publishers	Food has become ground-zero in our efforts to increase awareness of how our choices impact the world. Yet while we have begun to transform our communities and dinner plates, the most …	John Steinman	306	2019	View
Humanizing the Economy Co-operatives in the Age of Capital New Society Publishers	At the close of the twentieth century, corporate capitalism extended its reach over the globe. While its defenders argue that globalization is the only way forward for modern, democratic …	John Restakis	305	2010	View
Resilience Imperative Cooperative Transitions to a Steady-state Economy New Society Publishers	We find ourselves between a rock and a hot place compelled by the intertwining forces of peak oil and climate change to reinvent our economic life at a much more local and regional scale. The …	Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty	400	2012	View
Think Like a Commoner A Short Introduction to the Life of the Commons New Society Publishers	The biggest "tragedy of the commons" is the misconception that commons are failures – relics from another era rendered unnecessary by the Market and State. Think Like a Commoner …	David Bollier	211	2014	View
From Introduction From: Humanizing the Economy View New Society Publishers	It is a story about how a revolution in human society that began with the rise of democracy in politics continues to unfold as the democratic idea struggles to find its place in the world of …	John Restakis	7	2010	$0.70 Add
From Introduction From: Think Like a Commoner View New Society Publishers	The point of this book is to gently dispel such prejudices and provide a short introduction to the commons. After encountering so much confusion about the commons over the years — and …	David Bollier	8	2014	$0.80 Add
From Rise of the Grocery Giants From: Grocery Story View New Society Publishers	This chapter begins the description of the actions and tactics of "big food". The history of the A&P grocery retalier is described, as well as Piggly Wiggly, the first self-service …	John Steinman	15	2019	$1.50 Add
From Retailer Market Power From: Grocery Story View New Society Publishers	This chapter describes retailer market power– current and historical– in the United States, as well as efforts to contain this power. The 1980s and the US Regan administration’s …	John Steinman	14	2019	$1.40 Add
From The Grand Delusion From: Humanizing the Economy View New Society Publishers	Homo Economicus Industrialization and Social Defence	John Restakis	24	2010	$2.40 Add
From The Rediscovery of the Commons From: Think Like a Commoner View New Society Publishers	The title of this chapter, “The Rediscovery of the Commons,” has a certain ironic edge because for hundreds of millions of people around the world, the commons has never gone away. It …	David Bollier	12	2014	$1.20 Add
From Food Prices and the People Who Grow Our Food From: Grocery Story View New Society Publishers	This chapter describes food prices and the effect on the people who grow our food. How is the price of food determined and how does it impact every other link in the food chain? How does market …	John Steinman	17	2019	$1.70 Add
From The Materialization of Dreams From: Humanizing the Economy View New Society Publishers	The Age of Revolt Rochdale A Brief History of Nowhere Co-operativism and Socialism Socializing Capital Stages of Co-operation	John Restakis	31	2010	$3.10 Add
From The Tyranny of the “Tragedy” Myth From: Think Like a Commoner View New Society Publishers	For at least a generation, the very idea of the commons has been marginalized and dismissed as a misguided way to manage esources: the so-called tragedy of the commons. Over the past several …	David Bollier	15	2014	$1.50 Add
From Co-Operation Italian Style From: Humanizing the Economy View New Society Publishers	The Fascist Repression Renaissance of the Italian Co-operatives	John Restakis	20	2010	$2.00 Add
From Enclosure and the Commons From: Think Like a Commoner View New Society Publishers	What happens when markets become so powerful that they disrupt natural ecosystems, reorder how people conduct their lives and claim ownership of life-forms? It is sometimes difficult to step …	David Bollier	17	2014	$1.70 Add
From Grocery Stores The Food System’s Control Center From: Grocery Story View New Society Publishers	The anti-competetive business as usual practiced by Canada’s grocery giants and the testing of the boundaries of the law is described. Lost in this regime is flavour, genetic diversity, and …	John Steinman	25	2019	$2.50 Add