People over capital : the co-operative alternative to capitalism

Cover -- Acknowledgements -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- History and current opportunities -- 1. The potential for an alternative economy -- 2. Can co-ops crowd out capitalism? -- 3. Past, present and future -- A new co-operative economy -- 4. Towards a new economy based on co-operation -- 5. Between the market and the state -- 6. Working towards economic democracy -- Co-operatives, open source and new global networks -- 7. Open source capitalism -- 8. Renovating the house of co-operatives -- Co-operatives and a sustainable future -- 9. Is there a co-operative solution to sustainable development? -- 10. Why we need to replace joint-stock companies with co-operatives in the sustainable economies of the future -- Co-operatives and the wider alternative economy -- 11. Co-operatives and their place in a global social economy -- 12. Experiments in solidarity economics - alternative financial organizations in France and Italy -- Critical perspectives: why a world of co-operatives may not be enough -- 13. Rebuilding the collective spirit through the experience of co-ops -- 14. The false alternative of co-operative choice under capitalism -- Afterword: What one thing needs to change to make co-operatives the dominant business model? -- About the authors: short biographies -- Index.