Beyond Racial Capitalism: Co-operatives in the African Diaspora

Knowledge-making in the field of alternative economies has limited the inclusion of Black and racialized people's experience. This book aims to close that gap in development through a detailed analysis of cases in about a dozen countries where Black people live and turn to co-operatives to manage systemic exclusion.

Caroline Shenaz Hossein, Associate Professor of Global Development and Political Science, University of Toronto,Sharon D. Wright Austin, Professor of Political Science, ,Kevin Edmonds, Assistant Professor in Caribbean Studies (teaching stream), University of Toronto

Caroline Shenaz Hossein holds a Canada Research Chair in Africana Development and Feminist Political Economy and is Associate Professor of Global Development and Political Science at the University of Toronto and founder of the Diverse Solidarity Economies (DiSE) Collective. She serves on the board of International Association of Feminist Economics, Guelph Institute of Development Studies, and editorial boards of the U.N. Task Force for the Social and Solidarity Economy and Kerala's Journal of Politics and Society. Follow her Twitter @carolinehossein

Sharon D. Wright Austin is Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida. Her research focuses on African-American women's political behavior, African-American mayoral elections, rural African-American political activism, and African-American political behavior.


Kevin Edmonds is an Assistant Professor in Caribbean Studies (teaching stream) at the University of Toronto. His work focuses on Caribbean political economy, histories of alternative/illicit development, and foreign intervention. His dissertation, Legalize it? A Comparative Study of Cannabis Economies in St. Vincent and St. Lucia, examines the historical origins as well as the cultural, political, and economic significance of the ganja (cannabis) industries of the Eastern Caribbean islands of St. Vincent and St. Lucia.