Co-operatives in a Post-growth Era
Creating Co-operative Economics
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2014
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781552666906
- Publish Date
- Sep 2014
- List Price
- $29.95
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Description
Featuring a remarkable roster of internationally renowned critical thinkers, this book presents a feasible alternative for a more environmentally sustainable and equitable economic system. The time has never been better for cooperatives everywhere to recognize their own potential and ability to change the economic landscape.
About the authors
Sonja Novkovic, PhD, is a Professor in the Economics Department at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax. She also teaches in the Masters for Managers of Co-operatives and Credit Unions Program. Her research interests are in worker co-operatives, democratic firms and employee participation, as well as comparative economic systems and the Social Economy. Besides other publications, she co-edited a book Co-operative Firms in Global Markets: Incidence, Viability and Performance (Elsevier Science, 2007), and guest edited a special issue of the U.K. Journal of Co-operative Studies in 2008. She is past President of the International Association for Economics of Participation and Vice President of Canadian Association for Studies in Cooperation. She is the recipient of the CASC merit award in 2010.
Tom Webb is an adjunct professor at the Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary’s University.