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See the book: Society After Money.A Dialogue. By: Project Society After Money. Bloomsbury, 2019 URL= https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/society-after-money-9781501347375/
The programme is based on the idea that the direct allocation of national government resources to communities, organized into cooperatives, can trigger collaboration and leverage resources from the same communities, local authorities, NGOs and development partners to upgrade informal settlements.
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John Restakis: "With the withdrawal of government from the funding of many social services, and in combination with the current economic crisis and the austerity prescriptions that have come with it, there is an urgent need for new forms of social care that not only provide quality services for citizens, but also reform the structure and purpose of...
Jean-Daniel Cusin: 1. Self-help: to improve the quality of life within the community and to increase the community’s internal capacity to create further change by institutionalizing the community development process 1. Asset-based development starts from an assessment of a community’s resources and thinking about how to mobilize those resources for...
Pat Conaty: "In Europe and in North America we have strong Co-op sector good practice to build upon. What is fascinating at present and spreading internationally as a new tendency is the Multi-Stakeholder Co-op phenomenon. Known as either Social Co-ops or Solidarity Co-opsIt has its roots in Northern Italy but it has spread to Spain, Portugal, Fran...
Book Chapter
1. Solidarity Co-operatives (Quebec, Canada). How Social Enterprises can Combine Social and Economic Goals. By Jean-Pierre Girard, Geneviève Langlois. OECD, 2009 URL = http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/employment/the-changing-boundaries-of-social-enterprises/solidarity-co-operatives-quebec-canada_9789264055513-7-en Chapter from: The Changing Boundaries of Social Enterprises
Abstract
"In many European countries, multi-stakeholder co-operatives provide a positive contribution to the renewal of the co-operative model by offering relevant answers to new needs that combine social and economic dimensions. However, in North America, this model has a very limited impact, except in the Canadian province of Quebec where solidarity cooperatives can be found. In the ten-year period from 1997 to 2007, 479 solidarity co-operatives were created. The solidarity co-operative was develope...
Bibliography
1. document, which suggests statutes for Solidarity Cooperatives in Quebec. http://www.healthcoopscanada.coop/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/outils_coop_solidarite_20071.pdf 1. Girard, J-P (2004) “Solidarity Cooperatives in Quebec (Canada): an Overview” in: C. Borzaga and R. Spear (Eds.), Trends and Challenges for Co-operatives and Social Enterprises in Developed and Transition Countries, Edizioni 31, Trento, Italy. 1. Girard, J-P. (2009) “Solidarity Co-operatives (Quebec, Canada): How Social Ent...
why we need Open Cooperatives: Why We Need a New Kind of Open Cooperativism for the P2P Age. in-depth rationale: From the Communism of Capital to a Capital for the Commons. pop science article: Cooperativism in the digital era, or how to form a global counter-economy. Bibliography: Open Cooperativism Reading List.
Description. "Evidence from social psychology highlights the importance of cultural values in shaping our collective responses to challenges such as these. “Extrinsic” values (those preoccupied with image, social status, and financial success) are associated with lower levels of concern about such problems and lower commitment to addressing them.
Abstract. "Degrowth and post-growth economics has rejuvenated the debates about the reorientation of economies in the Global North towards environmental sustainability, equality, need satisfaction and democracy.
With ordinary people struggling to find affordable accommodation, co-living spaces have grown in popularity — particularly in cities such as London and New York, where the housing crisis is especially acute.
