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...

Ed Mayo looks at the work and ideas of John Bird, Iain Tuckett and Edgar Cahn and gleans some salient lessons for the construction of the social economy in its latest guise. Copyright (c) 2010 The Author. Public Policy Research (c) 2010 ippr.

This paper reviews the current regulatory framework for community development financial institutions (CDFIs), which aim to enable ‘socially excluded’ people and enterprises to access finance. Its focus is primarily on the UK, though account is taken of developments in other EU member...

Reports research by the National Consumer Council (NCC) into UK children’s experiences and views as consumers; this survey of 10 to 19 year olds found that they form a new shopping generation which is more even consumer brand oriented than American counterparts but feels vulnerable and is...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider the historical basis of development of corporate social responsibility and the impact of this on co‐operative enterprises and member‐owned businesses. Design/methodology/approach – This is a viewpoint identified by years of experience...