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New book suggests increased co-ops’ role in the world economy 

E. G. Nadeau's Emerging Cooperative Economy argues for ways to reshape the global system by 2050

Book review: Nathan Schneider looks for ways to democratise online spaces

'The ways people can and cannot collectively self-govern in daily online life ... have been constrained…

Book review: Can platform co-ops bring democracy to the digital economy?

In his new book, Trebor Scholz suggests adapting co-operation to meet the challenges of the digital…

Book review: Visions of a co-operative democracy to reshape society

Cooperation: A political, economic and social theory, Bernard E Harcourt, Columbia £28

Unearthing a forgotten grassroots story of co-operative housing

John Goodman reviews Andrew Bibby's latest book, which looks at the co-partnership housing societies of the…

Citizenship: Storyteller’s big fix to usher in a co-operative new world

Ad man turned activist Jon Alexander draws on his work advising the Co-op Group and other…

Andrew Bibby draws lessons from the legacy of co-operative housing

Natalie Bradbury interviews the co-op writer about his new book, These Houses Are Ours, which uncovers…

Are co-ops better equipped than other businesses for saving the world?

Review of Paul Skinner's new book, which gives advice to firms looking to give their organisations…

Big dreams in the Big Apple: The housing co-ops built by union radicals

A tale of housing co-ops born from poverty and urban squalor brings inspiration – and some…

Worker co-op case studies offer lessons on equality to the world in crisis

The sector talks the the talk on social justice, but how does it work in practice?…

How a retail co-op weathered world trade

Andrew Bibby reviews a history of the global trading efforts of the CWS

Essay collection looks to take back the idea of community

Several co-operators contribute to this look at how to re-engage communities as the world faces a…