After showing remarkable resilience to the negative effects of the 2007-2009 global financial crisis, cooperative banks have undergone a process of reform and structural consolidation almost everywhere in Europe over the past decade. Recognizing these changes, the paper provides an account of...

1. Cooperative banking : a Minskyan perspective / Elisabetta De Antoni -- 2. Governance and performance : reassessing the pre-crisis situation of European banks / Giovanni Ferri, Panu Kalmi, and Eeva Kerola -- 3. Competition and market power within the Italian banking system / Juan S. Lopez and...