The International Co-operative Alliance and the consumer co-operative movement in northern Europe, c. 1860-1939

ISBN: 9781526100801 出版年：2018 页码：206 Hilson,Mary Manchester University Press

The fundamental question explored in the book concerns the meaning of co-operation. Was it a social movement or an economic enterprise? Did it aspire to challenge capitalism or to reform it? Did it contain at its heart a political vision for the transformation of society or was it simply a practical guide for organising a business?