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oapen-20.500.12657-552302022-06-01T03:17:41Z Cooperative Enterprises in Australia and Italy Jensen, Anthony Patmore, Greg Tortia, Ermanno bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPA Political science & theory This book arises from a three-year comparative research program concerning co-operative enterprises in Australia and Italy. The book explores the historical development, legal framework and the peak organisations of co-operatives in the two countries. Specific comparative chapters focus on consumer, credit, and worker-producer co-operatives. The book deepens the analysis of co-operatives by containing chapters that examine specific theoretical and empirical issues such as the theory of co-operative firms as collective entrepreneurial action. Monographic chapters include more in depth analysis of specific typologies of co-operatives, such as social and community oriented co-operatives, some of which were created to contrast organized crime in Southern Italy. The book concludes with an assessment of the implications of the project for public policy. 2022-05-31T10:24:13Z 2022-05-31T10:24:13Z 2015 book ONIX_20220531_9788866558682_514 2704-5870 9788866558682 9788866558675 9788892733381 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/55230 eng Strumenti per la didattica e la ricerca application/pdf Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9788866558682.pdf https://books.fupress.com/isbn/9788866558682 Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-6655-868-2 10.36253/978-88-6655-868-2 bf65d21a-78e5-4ba2-983a-dbfa90962870 9788866558682 9788866558675 9788892733381 172 306 Florence open access
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This book arises from a three-year comparative research program concerning co-operative enterprises in Australia and Italy. The book explores the historical development, legal framework and the peak organisations of co-operatives in the two countries. Specific comparative chapters focus on consumer, credit, and worker-producer co-operatives. The book deepens the analysis of co-operatives by containing chapters that examine specific theoretical and empirical issues such as the theory of co-operative firms as collective entrepreneurial action. Monographic chapters include more in depth analysis of specific typologies of co-operatives, such as social and community oriented co-operatives, some of which were created to contrast organized crime in Southern Italy. The book concludes with an assessment of the implications of the project for public policy.
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