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Co-operative Innovations in China and the West

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Caroline Gijselinckx

    1. Research Institute for Work and Society (HIVA), KU Leuven, Belgium

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  2. Li Zhao

    1. KU Leuven, Belgium

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  3. Sonja Novkovic

    1. Saint Mary’s University, Canada

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Caroline Gijselinckx, Li Zhao, Sonja Novkovic
      Pages 1-8

  3. General Analysis of Trends and Evolutions in Co-operatives in the West

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Features and Determinants of Co-operative Development in Western Countries

      • Patrizia Battilani
      Pages 11-28

    3. Globalization and Co-operative Strategies

      • Roger Spear
      Pages 29-46

    4. Co-operative Networks, Adaptability and Organizational Innovations

      • Sonja Novkovic
      Pages 47-63

    5. Multi-stakeholder Co-operative Model as a Flexible Sustainable Framework for Collective Entrepreneurship: An International Perspective

      • Martine Vézina, Jean-Pierre Girard
      Pages 64-78

  5. Trends and Evolutions in Chinese Co-operatives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
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    2. The Development of Chinese Co-operatives in Rural Areas

      • Xuchu Xu, Bin Wu
      Pages 163-178

    3. Co-operatives and Poverty Reduction in China

      • Tim Zachernuk, Guozhong Liu
      Pages 179-197

    4. Stakeholder Participation in Co-operative Capital in Chinese Agricultural Co-operatives

      • Li Zhao
      Pages 198-214

    5. Stakeholder Participation in Co-operative Governance in China

      • Peng Yuan
      Pages 215-232

    6. Banking Co-operatives in China

      • Guangwen He
      Pages 233-247

    7. The Grassroots Co-operative Housing in Urban China: The Case of LINECITY

      • Yuqi Wang
      Pages 248-263
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About this book

This book aims to contribute to our understanding of recent changes in Chinese and Western cooperatives. It will provide a variety of audiences with relevant and useful information for further co-operative development, mutual understanding and cooperation.

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"This book is so timely and so relevant... I welcome the contribution that this book makes to the greater understanding of co-operatives in China and that strategic debate." - Dame Pauline Green, President of the International Co-operative Alliance.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Research Institute for Work and Society (HIVA), KU Leuven, Belgium

    Caroline Gijselinckx

  • KU Leuven, Belgium

    Li Zhao

  • Saint Mary’s University, Canada

    Sonja Novkovic

About the editors

Carlo Borzaga, University of Trento, Italy Michael Cook, University of Missouri, USA Constantine Iliopoulos, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece Zuhui Huang, Zhejiang University, China Jerker Nilsson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden Roger Spear, Roskilde University, Denmark Xiaoshan Zhang, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China Patrizia Battilani, University of Bologna, Italy Sara Depedri, University of Trento, Italy Giovanni Ferri, University of Bari, Italy Jean-Pierre Girard, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada Liu Guozhong, Shandan Bailie School, China Guangwen He, China Agricultural University, China Panu Kalmi, University of Vaasa, Finland Yuan Peng, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China Martine Vézina, HEC Montréal, Canada Dongbin Wang, Tsinghua University, China Xuchu Xu, Hangzhou Dianzi University, China Wang Yuqi, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of The State Council, China Tim Zachernuk, Shandan Center for the Promotion and Development of Western Cooperatives

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