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The Fabian Debate and the Sources of Michael Young’s The Rise of Meritocracy

open access: yesScienza & Politica
The essay aims to reconstruct the theoretical-political premises of The Rise of Meritocracy (1958) by Michael Young and his criticism of Labour dirigism and the English school system of the time.
Salvatore Cingari
doaj   +1 more source

Libraries and cooperativism: a dialectical view from the principle of cooperative education in the digital era

open access: yesCooperativismo y Desarrollo, 2021
Libraries have historically been centers that generate knowledge. Their social function is essential to guarantee fundamental rights such as access to information, culture and education. They play, therefore, a fundamental role in the educational process
Ana María Pereda Mirabal
doaj  

Socialist Entrepreneurship and Integrated Peasant Economy: Failed Collectivization in Yugoslavia (1949–1953)

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, Volume 25, Issue 4, October 2025.
ABSTRACT This article explores the specific features of collectivization in socialist Yugoslavia, focusing on Slovenia as one of its constituent republics. Through a bottom‐up approach, it examines selected cases from the countryside surrounding the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, between 1949 and 1953.
Lev Centrih
wiley   +1 more source

Left nationalism in the French Basque Country: From civic opposition to critical participation

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 1035-1051, October 2025.
Abstract Research on territories which have long been subjected to nationalist violence has tended to focus on the most radical manifestations of these struggles and their electoral and institutional consequences. In certain configurations, the involvement of nationalist entrepreneurs in socio‐economic initiatives, environmental causes or women's ...
Thomas Chevallier, Xabier Itçaina
wiley   +1 more source

New Cooperativism

open access: yes, 2015
A majority of the world’s agricultural production takes place on small farms (less than 2 hectares). India has one of the smallest average farm sizes with over 68 per cent of its farms being marginal in size (below 1 hectare). Small farm production is constrained by challenges of accessing lumpy inputs of management and asset specific machinery ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Rereading Ujamaa, Rethinking Freedom

open access: yesDevelopment and Change, Volume 56, Issue 3, Page 572-594, May 2025.
ABSTRACT This article examines the compatibility of Ujamaa's conceptualization of freedom with the limits of the sovereign state. This is done by examining popular enactments of Ujamaa in Tanzania in the 1960s, which resulted in what, for a moment, was a quasi‐utopian realization of post‐colonial freedom.
Stephanie Wanga
wiley   +1 more source

CAPITALISMO PERIFÉRICO E ALTERNATIVAS EMERGENTES NO MUNDO DO TRABALHO: a experiência da economia solidáriano Brasil

open access: yesArgumentos, 2017
The opening of the market to imports and the outbreak of the process of deindustrialization in Brazil unleashed the crises of the 1980s and 1990s, marked by high unemployment.
Talita Jéssica do Nascimento de Araújo   +1 more
doaj  

Competitiveness in the Catalan agri‐food cooperatives: Internationalization–certification relationship

open access: yesAnnals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 171-195, March 2025.
Abstract The competitiveness of Catalan agri‐food cooperatives is studied from a new point of view, their internationalization and specifically the effects on internationalization due to the adoption of quality certifications. Most of the previous research focuses on organizational, economic and commercial aspects, and there are few works linking both ...
Pilar Cos   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Co‐constructing cooperative value ecosystems: A critical realist perspective

open access: yesInformation Systems Journal, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 504-544, March 2025.
Abstract This study focuses on digital platform cooperatives (DPCs) and investigates how social value is created within platform cooperativism for fostering a more equitable and inclusive digital landscape. We explore and theorise the outcomes of social value creation by DPCs and identify the generative mechanisms that drive their emergence. We do this
Jun Zhang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Brazilian cooperatives and the 2030 Agenda

open access: yesBoletín de la Asociación Internacional de Derecho Cooperativo
This study aims to analyze the initiatives taken during the Cooperation Day («C Day»), of Brazilian cooperatives and their contributions to the fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda.
Júlia Elisabete Barden   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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