A Study of Industrial Workers' Co-operatives


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Monograph on production cooperatives in Western Europe, Israel and Yugoslavia - summarizes underlying principles of the cooperative movement and discusses administrative aspects, financing, efficiency, advantages and disadvantages, etc., And considers cooperatives in each country together with the need for an aid institution and credit sources. Bibliography pp. 213 to 216, flow charts and statistical tables.




Work-aid


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Manual on business management with partic. Emphasis on cooperatives and community enterprises in the UK - discusses business economics, legal aspects, financial aspects, marketing, accounting, budgeting, corporation tax, etc. Bibliography after each chapter, graphs and references.




Cooperative Bibliography


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Garment Co-operative: an Experiment in Industrial Democracy and Business Creation


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Research report on an Experiment in employment creation through the establishment of a production cooperative clothing industry based on workers participation and workers cooperatives in the UK - reviews how the cooperative emanated from a large hosiery industrial enterprise closed down in 1977, describes obstacles encountered in production management, decision making, skill availability, democratic control, etc., and examines attitudes and objectives of the worker members, and labour relations. References.







Community Development Projects


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The Co-operative Movement and Communities in Britain, 1914-1960


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The co-operative movement has played a notable role in the retail, wholesale, productive, political, educational and cultural life of Britain. This book provides the first major national study of the growth of co-operation and its impact on British society during this crucial period of war and peace.