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Notes on the Contributors
Preface; Dame Pauline Green
Introduction: Cooperative Innovations in China and the West: Caroline Gijselinckx, Li Zhao and Sonja Novkovic
PART I: GENERAL ANALYSIS OF TRENDS AND EVOLUTIONS IN CO-OPERATIVES IN THE WEST
1. Features and Determinants of Co-operative Development in Western Countries; Patrizia Battilani
2. Globalization and Co-operative Strategies; Roger Spear
3. Co-operative Networks, Adaptability and Organizational Innovations; Sonja Novkovic
4. Multistakeholder Co-operatives as an Inspiration for the Co-operative Movement: a Comparative Perspective; Martine Ve;zina and Jean-Pierre Girard
PART II: SECTOR SPECIFIC ANALYSIS OF TRENDS AND EVOLUTIONS IN THE WEST
5. Stakeholder Participation in Co-operative Capital in Western Agricultural Co-operatives; Constantine Iliopoulos
6. Stakeholder Participation in Co-operative Governance in the USA Agricultural Co-operatives; Michael Cook
7. Co-operative Banks: Their Contribution to the Stability and Diversity of the Financial System; Giovanni Ferri and Panu Kalmi
8. Co-operatives Providing Welfare Services: the Case of Italian Social Co-operatives; Carlo Borzaga and Sara Depedri
9. Understanding FLOSS as a Commons; Dongbin Wang
PART III: TRENDS AND EVOLUTIONS IN CHINESE CO-OPERATIVES
10. The Development of Chinese Co-operatives in Rural Areas; Xuchu Xu and Bin Wu
11. Co-operatives and Poverty Reduction in China; Tim Zachernuk and Guozhong Liu
12. Stakeholder Participation in Co-operative Capital in Chinese Agricultural Co-operatives; Li Zhao
13. Stakeholder Participation in Co-operative Governance in China; Peng Yuan
14. Banking Co-operatives in China; Guangwen He
15. The Grassroots Co-operative Housing in Urban China: the Case of LINECITY; Yuqi Wang
Conclusion: Co-operative Innovations in China and in the West: Recent Trends and Challenges; Caroline Gijselinckx, Sonja Novkovic and Li Zhao.
Co-operative innovations in China and the West. ISBN 9781137277275. Published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.