Contents: Preface Introduction: The cooperative firm as an alternative to the capital-owned business enterprise -- 1 … history? -- 6. The evolution of socialism: From utopia to scientific producer of cooperative economics -- References -- Index. …"This book revolves around the idea that capitalism is not a democratic system and that a system of producer …

"The book is about the need for and possibility of an alternative to capitalism. The first three chapters are a … critical analysis of capitalism, neoclassical economics and the for profit business model to establish the context for … reduce almost every negative impact of capitalism. It also looks at how co-operatives need to significantly improve their …

organization, and illustrate them with a few empirical examples to bring out the conditions under which cooperative arrangements …