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People-Centred Businesses

Co-operatives, Mutuals and the Idea of Membership

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  • © 2011

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  1. Johnston Birchall

    1. Stirling University, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. People-Centred Businesses

    • Johnston Birchall
    Pages 1-19

  3. Theorising the Rise and Fall of Member-owned Businesses

    • Johnston Birchall
    Pages 20-42

  4. Consumer-owned Retail Businesses

    • Johnston Birchall
    Pages 43-64

  5. Consumer-owned Insurance Providers

    • Johnston Birchall
    Pages 65-89

  6. Consumer-ownership of Housing

    • Johnston Birchall
    Pages 90-105

  7. Consumer-ownership in Public Services and Utilities

    • Johnston Birchall
    Pages 106-125

  8. Consumer/Producer-owned Banks

    • Johnston Birchall
    Pages 126-153

  9. Producer-owned and Employee-owned Businesses

    • Johnston Birchall
    Pages 154-178

  10. The Peculiar History of ‘Member-owned’ Businesses in Developing Countries

    • Johnston Birchall
    Pages 179-204

  11. The Idea of Membership

    • Johnston Birchall
    Pages 205-210

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 211-227
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So what is a member-owned business? What does it look like? How can we distinguish it from an investor-owned business? The crucial distinction is between a business that is people-centred, and one that is money-centred. This book explores the growing number of companies which use this model and their wider significance in society.

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  • Stirling University, UK

    Johnston Birchall

About the author

JOHNSTON BIRCHALL is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Stirling, UK. He studied at Oxford and did his PhD at York University, UK. He spent five years as a housing association manager before returning to academic life to focus for the next 25 years on questions concerning stakeholder participation in co-operatives, mutuals and public service agencies. He has written several books on the subject (with translations into five languages), and has advised UN agencies on co-operative responses to the global economic crisis.

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