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040 _cCUS
082 _a334
_bWIL/C
100 _aWilliams, Richard C.
245 4 _aThe cooperative movement: globalization from below/
_cRichard C. Williams; with preface by George Cheney
260 _aEngland:
_bAshgate,
_c2007.
300 _a230 p.
505 _aHistory and theory of cooperation -- History and theory of the cooperative movement -- Comparing cooperation, competition, and individual effort -- The standard economic model and globalization -- Cooperative case studies -- Cooperation and microfinance in Southeast Asia and Oceania -- The cooperative movement in India -- Mondragón : the Basque cooperative experience -- Cooperatives in Latin America -- Puerto Rico's cooperative effort -- Analysis and implications for the future -- What makes a cooperative work? -- The blueprint : globalization from below -- Appendix A : credit union statistics -- Appendix B : measuring effect size -- Appendix C : the IMF "merged model" -- Appendix D : interviews : protocol and summary data
650 _aCooperation
_xHistory
650 _aCooperation
_xCase studies
942 _cWB16