"This book investigates the main features of the evolution of the cooperative banking model in European countries, using 'country case-study' analysis. Structured in two parts, the first deals with a sample of countries that joined European Union before 2000; the second part with a sample of other...

"How did Sweden go from a financially backward country to one with a well functioning financial system? Why did this financial revolution occur after the mid-nineteenth century and not before? This book discusses the role of politics and economics in this change and what it means for economic...