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.
Newcastle University, Australia
The University of Sydney, Australia
University of Trento, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-2138-1119
Book Title
Cooperative Enterprises in Australia and Italy
Book Subtitle
Comparative analysis and theoretical insights
Editors
Anthony Jensen, Greg Patmore, Ermanno C. Tortia
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
306
Publication Year
2015
Copyright Information
© 2015 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6655-868-2
ISBN Print
978-88-6655-867-5
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-6655-868-2
eISBN (xml)
978-88-9273-338-1
Series Title
Strumenti per la didattica e la ricerca
Series ISSN
2704-6249
Series E-ISSN
2704-5870