Co-operatives
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From  Growing Food Co-ops, Growing the MovementFrom: Grocery Story |
The Kootenay Co-op expansion to a new location is described through member loans and– a first in food co-op history– as a developer of Nelson Commons, residential units above the … | John Steinman | 12 | 2019 | $1.20 Add |
 Humanizing the EconomyCo-operatives in the Age of Capital |
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 |
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From Humanizing the EconomyCo-operatives in the Age of Capital From: Humanizing the Economy |
The Future of an Idea Happiness Matters Commons Sense Japan’s Fishing Co-operatives Ozone Globalizing Localism | John Restakis | 29 | 2010 | $2.90 Add |
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From InterludeFrom: Grocery Story |
This chapter describes alternative, viable, models for grocery stores and the "food shed" of local retailers and growers in Nelson, BC, and Viroqua, Wisconsin. The grocery store chains … | John Steinman | 11 | 2019 | $1.10 Add |
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From  IntroductionFrom: Think Like a Commoner |
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 |
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From IntroductionFrom: Humanizing the Economy |
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 |
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From JapanFrom: Humanizing the Economy |
Product Labeling and Advocacy Workers’ Collective Movement Health and Happiness Elder Care | John Restakis | 21 | 2010 | $2.10 Add |
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From Local FoodmakersThe People Behind the Products From: Grocery Story |
Examples of local foodmakers and the pitfalls they experience in supplying grocery chains are described. The role of food co-ops as small business incubators and the fair dealiing policies co-ops … | John Steinman | 16 | 2019 | $1.60 Add |
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From Many Galaxies of CommonsFrom: Think Like a Commoner |
Indigenous peoples were there first. They refined the art of commoning long before hackers began to share software code and social scientists developed complicated theories about the commons. And … | David Bollier | 20 | 2014 | $2.00 Add |
 Resilience ImperativeCooperative Transitions to a Steady-state Economy |
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 |
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From Retailer Market PowerFrom: Grocery Story |
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 |
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From Rise of the Grocery GiantsFrom: Grocery Story |
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 |
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From Social Co-ops and Social CareFrom: Humanizing the Economy |
On Civil Society and the Social Economy On Reciprocity Social Co-operatives The Case for Co-op Approach to Social Care Beyond Defensiveness Creating a Social Marker | John Restakis | 32 | 2010 | $3.20 Add |
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From  Sweet!How Fair Trade Powers the Sugar Revolution From: The Fair Trade Handbook |
This chapter explores fair trade in the sugar industry; how sugar farmers are often deprived of market access; and how a Paraguayan co-operative is positively disrupting the status quo. | Martin Van den Borre | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From The Commons as a Different Way of Seeing and BeingFrom: Think Like a Commoner |
Our tacit metaphysical commitments are the very basis for our “free market” economic and political structures. What’s so intriguing is that many scientists are starting to see … | David Bollier | 20 | 2014 | $2.00 Add |
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From The Crisis of CommunityFrom: Humanizing the Economy |
The Decline of Social Capital The End of Authenticity Shadowland Reciprocity and Restoration The Meaning of Work | John Restakis | 25 | 2010 | $2.50 Add |
