The Politics of Cooperation and Co-ops: Forms of Cooperation and Co-ops, and the Politics That Shape Them (Capitalism, Counter-capitalism, and Psychology) - Hardcover

Ratner, Carl, Ph.d.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1634824075 ISBN 13: 9781634824071

Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc, 2015

Synopsis

The current co-op movement in the U.S. seeks to be a structural alternative to capitalism; this book seriously questions whether the current movement can accomplish that task. Carl Ratner offers a rich and unique political analysis and critique that provides helpful insights into the practice and problems of the contemporary cooperative movement. Noting that co-operators tend to view their work as apolitical because the explicit influence of national political parties is absent, the author constructs a compelling argument that co-operators nonetheless operate unwittingly with implicit political conceptions of freedom, opportunity, human rights, social participation, decision-making, power, and governance that are shaped and limited by the capitalist economic system. Ratner demonstrates how a more radical, anti-capitalist, socialist form of cooperation and co-ops are needed to realise the fulfilling potential of cooperation and co-ops. For those wishing to understand and advance the cooperative movement, this book is essential reading.

Edition details

• Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1634824075
• ISBN 13: 9781634824071
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 146