{"product_id":"co-operative-canada-empowering-communities-and-sustainable-businesses-hardback-9780774827881","title":"Co-operative Canada; Empowering Communities and Sustainable Businesses (Hardback) 9780774827881","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCo-operative Canada\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEmpowering Communities and Sustainable Businesses\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBrett Fairbairn (Edited by), Nora Russell (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780774827881\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 October 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.57 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eA shift in US bank policy. A demonstration in Greece. A tsunami in Japan. In recent times, these kinds of events have had profound effects on the economic well-being of Canadians. In such a heavily globalized environment, it may seem that only large corporations with access to transnational resources can operate successfully, but \u003cem\u003eCo-operative Canada\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates that this is not the case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite economic pressures following the 2008 recession, co-operatives in Canada are thriving. In fact, there are approximately nine thousand co-ops across the nation with a combined membership of about 18 million members – more than half the population of Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the results of a large research project that examined co-operatives in communities from coast to coast to coast, \u003cem\u003eCo-operative Canada\u003c\/em\u003e reveals how Canadians are using the co-operative model to collectively respond to the forces of globalization through local, community-owned enterprises. It does this through specific examples that vividly describe the pragmatic realities of the communities these co-ops serve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Where We Stand – Place, Enterprise, and Community \/ \u003cem\u003eBrett Fairbairn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Globalization, Autonomy, and Cohesion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 Globalization, Co-operatives, and Social Cohesion \/ \u003cem\u003eWilliam D. Coleman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 \"Nuna Is My Body\": What Northerners Can Teach about Social Cohesion \/ \u003cem\u003eIsobel M. Findlay\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Social Enterprises and Networks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 \"I Felt That I Had Lost Myself\": Credit Unions, Economies, and the Construction of Locality \/ \u003cem\u003eBrett Fairbairn with Rob Dobrohoczki\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 Autonomy and Identity: Constraints and Possibilities in Western Canada's Co-operative Retailing System \/ \u003cem\u003eJason Heit, Murray Fulton, and Brett Fairbairn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 Social Cohesion in Times of Crisis: Atlantic Canada's Consumers' Community Co-operative \/ \u003cem\u003eLeslie H. Brown\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: New Partnerships and Models\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 Reclaiming Community: Co-operatives and Sectoral Governance in Quebec Forestry \/ \u003cem\u003ePatrick Gingras and Mario Carrier\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 Rebuilding \"Home\" in a Transient World: Globalization, Social Exclusion, and Innovations in Co-operative Housing \/ \u003cem\u003eMitch Diamantopoulos and Jorge Sousa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8 Co-operation Reinvented: New Partnerships in Multi-Stakeholder Co-operatives \/ \u003cem\u003eJean-Pierre Girard and Geneviève Langlois\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9 \"To See Our Communities Come Alive Again with Pride\": (Re)Inventing Co-operatives for First Nations' Needs \/ \u003cem\u003eLou Hammond Ketilson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10 Imagination and the Future: Learning from Social Enterprises \/ \u003cem\u003eBrett Fairbairn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix: The Enterprise with Many Names: Establishing a Common Language \/ \u003cem\u003eBrett Fairbairn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"UBC Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52531055264024,"sku":"9780774827881","price":60.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/co-operative-canada-empowering-communities-and-sustainable-businesses-hardback-9780774827881","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}