Despite the recent increase in research on the history of the system of German cooperative banks, the middle tier of the three-level cooperative system has remained a blind spot. The lack of sources has been alleviated by the discovery of the long forgotten archive collection I. HA, Rep. 177 of...

In der Geschichte der deutschen modernen Genossenschaftsbewegung kam der Förderung sozialer Belange in Abhängigkeit von den Vorstellungen der Gründungsväter, vom Zustand der jeweiligen gesellschaftlichen Verhältnisse und dem politischen System sowie von den vorrangigen Förderinteressen der...

1. Introduction -- Anthony Webster, Linda Shaw and Rachael Vorberg-Rugh 2. Mainstreaming co-operatives after the global financial crisis -- Claudia Sanchez Bajo and Bruno Roelants 3. Our agencies: persuasion and the value of a concept to mainstreaming co-operation -- Philip Grant 4. G. J....

"Despite the abundance and quality of recent historical writing on consumerism, it cannot be said that the modern Co-operative movement (Co-op) has been well served. It has also been by-passed in studies that locate Britons' identity in their consumption. The reasons for this can be found in the...