Consumers Co-Operative Societies (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Charles Gide

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330638786 ISBN 13 : 9781330638781

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A clear, historical look at how consumer co‑operative societies challenge the profit motive and aim to serve people through collective action.

In this exploration, the book traces the arc of the co‑operative movement from distributing essentials to organizing production. It examines how consumer co‑ops demonstrate their capacity to run business for service, not private profit, and what that means for workers, communities, and society at large.

The early sections frame a clash of economic forces today, with co‑operative societies offered as a practical alternative. The text discusses how these societies open membership, pursue federation, and gradually move toward larger scale undertakings while emphasizing consumer interests and social unity. It also covers the idea of political neutrality and the union of people across social lines in pursuit of common needs.

• How co‑operative societies organize and distribute goods for the benefit of consumers.


• The path from local distribution to larger federations and eventual production for use.


• The role of neutrality and inclusivity in building broad, nonpartisan cooperative movements.


• Comparative notes on international practice and the social aims behind cooperative work.

Ideal for readers of economic reform, social enterprise, and the history of the cooperative movement who want a grounded, practical view of how cooperatives strive to serve the many.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This translation of Professor Charles Gide s Les Sociitis Cooperatives de consommation gives the English-speaking reader his first opportunity of reading what has been regarded on the Continent as the standard work on consumers co-operation and what undoubtedly is the most careful study of the subject made by a distinguished political economist. Professor Gide sreputation as an economist and as a co-operator is so well known that it is not necessary to enlarge upon it. He has written many books on economics and on co-operation which are standard works in his own country, and all of his works have appeared in many editions and have been translated into other languages. His principal works besides the present one are :L a Cooperation (C onferences de Propagande), Les Institutions de Progrh Social, Histoire de Doctrines economiques depuis les Physiocrates jusqu dnos jours (in collaboration with M. Rist), Les Principes d Economie Politique, which has been translated into 14 languages, and Des Institutions en vue de Vabolition du salariat The present work has already been translated into Dutch, Polish, and Portuguese, and Czech, while Ukrainian and Spanish editions are in preparation.
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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330638786
• ISBN 13: 9781330638781
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 307
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