Co-operative Innovations in China and the West

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Caroline Gijselinckx, Li Zhao, Sonja Novkovic

      Pages 1-8

3. General Analysis of Trends and Evolutions in Co-operatives in the West

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. Features and Determinants of Co-operative Development in Western Countries

      • Patrizia Battilani

      Pages 11-28

   3. Globalization and Co-operative Strategies

      • Roger Spear

      Pages 29-46

   4. Co-operative Networks, Adaptability and Organizational Innovations

      • Sonja Novkovic

      Pages 47-63

   5. Multi-stakeholder Co-operative Model as a Flexible Sustainable Framework for Collective Entrepreneurship: An International Perspective

      • Martine Vézina, Jean-Pierre Girard

      Pages 64-78

4. Sector-Specific Analysis of Trends and Evolutions in the West

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79

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   2. Stakeholder Participation in Co-operative Capital in Western Agricultural Co-operatives

      • Constantine Iliopoulos

      Pages 81-97

   3. Stakeholder Participation in Co-operative Governance in U.S. Agricultural Co-operatives

      • Michael Cook

      Pages 98-112

   4. Co-operative Banks: Their Contribution to the Stability and Diversity of the Financial System

      • Giovanni Ferri, Panu Kalmi

      Pages 113-125

   5. Co-operatives Providing Welfare Services: The Case of Italian Social Co-operatives

      • Carlo Borzaga, Sara Depedri

      Pages 126-142

   6. Understanding FLOSS as a Commons

      • Dongbin Wang

      Pages 143-159

5. Trends and Evolutions in Chinese Co-operatives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161

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   2. The Development of Chinese Co-operatives in Rural Areas

      • Xuchu Xu, Bin Wu

      Pages 163-178

   3. Co-operatives and Poverty Reduction in China

      • Tim Zachernuk, Guozhong Liu

      Pages 179-197

   4. Stakeholder Participation in Co-operative Capital in Chinese Agricultural Co-operatives

      • Li Zhao

      Pages 198-214

   5. Stakeholder Participation in Co-operative Governance in China

      • Peng Yuan

      Pages 215-232

   6. Banking Co-operatives in China

      • Guangwen He

      Pages 233-247

   7. The Grassroots Co-operative Housing in Urban China: The Case of LINECITY

      • Yuqi Wang

      Pages 248-263

This book aims to contribute to our understanding of recent changes in Chinese and Western cooperatives. It will provide a variety of audiences with relevant and useful information for further co-operative development, mutual understanding and cooperation.

• Development
• co-operatives
• China
• globalization
• cooperation
• development
• Governance
• information
• innovation
• network
• organization
• service
• stability
• USA

"This book is so timely and so relevant... I welcome the contribution that this book makes to the greater understanding of co-operatives in China and that strategic debate." - Dame Pauline Green, President of the International Co-operative Alliance.

• Research Institute for Work and Society (HIVA), KU Leuven, Belgium

  Caroline Gijselinckx

• KU Leuven, Belgium

  Li Zhao

• Saint Mary’s University, Canada

  Sonja Novkovic

Carlo Borzaga, University of Trento, Italy Michael Cook, University of Missouri, USA Constantine Iliopoulos, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece Zuhui Huang, Zhejiang University, China Jerker Nilsson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden Roger Spear, Roskilde University, Denmark Xiaoshan Zhang, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China Patrizia Battilani, University of Bologna, Italy Sara Depedri, University of Trento, Italy Giovanni Ferri, University of Bari, Italy Jean-Pierre Girard, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada Liu Guozhong, Shandan Bailie School, China Guangwen He, China Agricultural University, China Panu Kalmi, University of Vaasa, Finland Yuan Peng, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China Martine Vézina, HEC Montréal, Canada Dongbin Wang, Tsinghua University, China Xuchu Xu, Hangzhou Dianzi University, China Wang Yuqi, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of The State Council, China Tim Zachernuk, Shandan Center for the Promotion and Development of Western Cooperatives

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