TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ranis,Peter
TI  - Cooperatives confront capitalism: challenging the Neoliberal economy 
SN  - 9781783606498 - pbk
AV  - HD3121 .R35 2016
U1  - 334/.6 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - London
PB  - Zed Books
KW  - 1. Producer cooperatives
KW  - Case studies
KW  - 2. Cooperative societies
KW  - 3. Neoliberalism
KW  - 4. Capitalism
N2  - "Cooperatives the world over are successfully developing alternative models of decision-making, employment and operation without the existence of managers, executives and hierarchies. Through case studies spanning the US, Latin America and Europe, including valuable new work on the previously neglected cooperative movement in Cuba, Peter Ranis explores how cooperatives have evolved in response to the economic crisis. Going further yet, Ranis makes the novel argument that the constitutionally enshrined principle of 'eminent domain' can in fact be harnessed to create and defend worker cooperatives. Combining the work of key radical theorists, including Marx, Gramsci and Luxemburg, with that of contemporary political economists, such as Block, Piketty and Stiglitz, Cooperatives Confront Capitalism provides what is perhaps the most far-reaching analysis yet of the ideas, achievements and wider historical context of the cooperative movement."
ER  -