Contents

 Chapter 1:  Co-op Origins and History

  • History of the Rochdale Cooperative, Ronald Kumon
  • Ideological Roots of the Worker Cooperative Movement, John Curl
  • The Cooperative Legacy of Toyohiko Kagawa, David Thompson
  • Co-opertive Heritage:  Where We've Come From, Brett Fairbairn
  • On the Shoulders of Giants, Martin Lowry
  • Food Systems in the 60's and 70's, John Curl

Chapter 2: Co-op Principles, Values and Philosophy

  • The Co-op Values: Their Meaning and Practical Significance, Sid Pobihushchy
  • Cooperative Principles Updated, Ann Hoyt
  • The Ten Cooperative Principles, Roy Morrison
  • Historic Foundations of Cooperative Philosophy, Greg Lawless
  • Social Movements and Cooperatives: Implications for History and Development, Brett Fairbairn
  • Have the Principles Enabled a Cooperative Advantage?  Johnston Birchall

Chapter 3:  Cooperative Models

  • Cooperatives in South Africa: Their Role in Job Creation and Poverty Reduction, Kate Phillip
  • Cooperatives, Steve Bodin
  • Weaver Street Market at Ten, Ruffin Slater

Chapter 4:  Cooperative Industry Sectors

  • Excerpt from Cooperatives and the Millenium Development Goals, Johnston Birchall
  • When the Lights Came On, Dan Campbell
  • Co-op Devolution Parts I and II, Dave Gutknecht
  • Technology, Free Speech and Eggplant, Lisa Stolarski

Chapter 5:  Successful Co-ops Around the World

  • Cooperating Out of Poverty, Cooperative Reform in Tanzania, Andrew Bibby
  • US Credit Unions Buck Global Demutualization Trend, ICA Digest
  • Mondragon Cooperative Experience in the Basque Region, Sean Doyle
  • Fair Trade Farmers in Nicaragua, Global Exchange
  • Co-op Kanagawa, Yu Shibata

Chapter 6:  Cooperative Responses to Globalization

  • My Saudi Arabian Breakfast, Chad Heeter
  • Framework for Globalization, Chris Frost
  • The Post Corporate World, David Korten
  • Eleven Rules of Corporate Behavior, Gerry Mander
  • Biopiracy:  The Theft of Knowledge and Resources, Vandana Shiva
  • Cohesion, Consumerism and Cooperatives, Brett Fairbairn
  • About the International Forum on Globalization, IFG website
  • The Role of Cooperatives in Providing Local Answers to Globalization, Mark Levin
  • Abolish Corporate Personhood, Jan Edwards and Molly Morgan

Chapter 7:  Creating the Cooperative Future

  • As Always, the Future is Now, Dave Gutknecht
  • Cooperative Democracy, More Relevant Than Ever, Iain MacDonald
  • Excerpt from Cooperatives and the Millennium Development Goals, Johnston Birchall
  • Another World is Possible, Cynthia Peters
  • Co-op as Store Becomes Co-op as Community, Mark Goehring

Chapter 8:  A Legal Perspective on Co-ops

  • A Friendly Guide to Consumer Coopertives From a Legal Perspective, Donald Kreis
  • Annotated Sample Consumer Cooperative Bylaws, Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society
  • Policy Governance Source Document, John and Miriam Carver

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for making the development of this discussion course possible.

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