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Record Nr.

UNINA9910872368003321

Autore

Patmore Greg

Titolo

A History of Australian Co-Operatives 1827-2023

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2024

©2024

ISBN

9781003853435

1003853439

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

BalnaveNikola

MarjanovicOlivera

Disciplina

334.094

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 What Is a Co-operative? -- 2 An International Co-operative Movement -- 3 An Australian Overview - Insights from the Visual Historical Atlas of Australian Co-operatives -- 4 The Early Years Until 1860 -- 5 The Long Boom 1860-1890 -- 6 The 1890s Depression and Its Aftermath 1890-1914 -- 7 Wars and Depression 1914-1945 -- 8 Post-War Prosperity 1945-1975 -- 9 The Challenges of Neo-liberalism 1975-2009 -- 10 A Revival? 2009-2023 -- 11 Conclusion -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Co-operatives provide a different approach to organising business through their ideals of member ownership and democratic practice. Every co-operative member has an equal vote regardless of their personal capital investment and they take a variety of forms including consumer co-operatives and agricultural co-operatives.