This article focuses on the key question for co-operatives and mutuals of whether they can continue to be genuine member-owned and controlled businesses once they become very large. After providing a commentary on current attempts to revitalise member democracy in the UK consumer co-operative...

This article reports the findings of a project entitled 'The participation of members in mutual businesses'. A previous project developed a theoretical model of what makes people participate, focusing on the participation of public service users in council housing and social care services. The...

This article reports on findings from a three year study of co-operatives in Sri Lanka and Tanzania. The article asks three questions: why do co-operative sectors need reforming; what is the co-operative reform process; and why has reform succeeded in some countries but not others? It provides a...

This is a book in search of an alternative to the discredited investor-owned banks that have brought the rich countries into crisis and the world economy into a long period of austerity. It finds customer-owned banks – credit unions, co-operative banks, building societies – have hardly been...

Este informe realiza una contribución oportuna a la discusión global sobre los enfoques alternativos necesarios para promover los objetivos del desarrollo sostenible como consecuencia de la crisis económica global. Muestra cómo el éxito de las cooperativas financieras durante la crisis...

Ce rapport vient opportunément apporter sa contribution au débat mondial sur les alternatives envisageables pour promouvoir les objectifs du développement durable au lendemain de la crise économique mondiale. Il montre que la prospérité des coopératives financières pendant la crise...