Cooperatives and Social Innovation : Experiences from the Asia Pacific Region

Chapter 1: Social Innovation: Concept and Theories -- Chapter 2: Cooperatives and Social Innovation: A Critical Review -- Chapter 3: Democratizing Capital: Building Union-Coop Partnerships through Economically Targeted Investing and Crowd Funding Innovations -- Chapter 4: Cooperative and Social Innovation in Finance – A Case Study of Mann Deshi Mahila Sahkari Bank -- Chapter 5: Cooperative Sector Grading – A Social Innovation in Finance -- Chapter 6: Social Innovative Enterprises: Ubiquitous Cooperatives in the State of Tamil Nadu, India -- Chapter 7: Social Innovations in Organic Foods in Rainfed India: The case of Dharani FaM Coop Ltd -- Chapter 8: A Phenomenological Study of the Lived Experiences of PHCCI Summer Youth Program Tutees Turned LabCoop Officers -- Chapter 9: Social Media as an Effective Tool for Social Innovation in Indian Cooperatives -- Chapter 10: Community-based Tourism through Co-operatives in Sabah, Malaysia -- Chapter 11: “Inefficient” Locally Produced Biodiesel Effective following the Great East Japan Earthquake -- Chapter 12: Role of Cooperatives in Climate Smart Agriculture -- Chapter 13: Commitment of Co-operative Workers on the Movement: The Case of Japanese Consumers Co-op -- Chapter 14: Worker Co-operatives: Solution to the Issue of Contractualization in the Philippines -- Chapter 15: Health insurance as social innovation for farmers in cooperatives: Lessons from Yeshasvini in Karnataka, India -- Chapter 16: Creating space for women leadership and participation through innovative strategies: A case of tribal women’s dairy cooperative in south Gujarat in India -- Chapter 17: Social Innovation by Cooperatives during Covid19 pandemic -- Chapter 18: Cooperatives and Social Innovation: Towards a conclusion.