Cooperatives in an Uncertain World: Perspectives from Switzerland and Its Neighbors

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Cham: Springer Verlag (2024)
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This book focuses on different aspects of cooperatives in Switzerland and its neighboring countries, and their contribution to meeting overarching societal challenges. It seeks to identify how cooperatives can tackle grand societal challenges and extends the body of research on cooperatives. The discussions are highlighted in the context of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. The respective chapters cover topics such as cooperatives in Switzerland (historical roots, current landscape, embeddedness in profit/nonprofit organizations, participatory governance and legal aspects), grand societal challenges and cooperatives, and the future with and of cooperatives. This is an open access book.

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9783031561993   9783031562006   3031561996   303156202X

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10.1007/978-3-031-56200-6

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2. The Swiss Cooperative Landscape: A Quantitative and Qualitative Overview.  (pages 13-32)Martin Gutmann & Anja Niedworok
3. Swiss Cooperative Law: Driver or Obstacle to Cooperative Growth?  (pages 33-54)Nadja Fabrizio
4. Participation in Participatory Governance: Cooperatives in a Swiss Context.  (pages 55-71)Monique Bolli
5. A Comparative History of Cooperatives in Switzerland, 1800–2000.  (pages 73-89)Martin Gutmann
6. Digital Transformation and Solidarity in Cooperatives.  (pages 93-110)Richard Sturn
7. Reception and Perspectives of Experts and Cooperative Members on Austrian Cooperatives During the Corona Crisis: A Qualitative and Quantitative Survey.  (pages 111-134)Anselm Balk & Michaela Schaffhauser-Linzatti
8. Changing the Mindset: Cooperatives and Complexity—Looking into the Future.  (pages 135-150)Sonja Novkovic
9. Balancing Flexibility and Stability: Leveraging Cooperatives for Organizational Resilience.  (pages 151-175)Kata Isenring
10. Cooperative Ecosystems: Contents, Perspectives, and Challenges.  (pages 177-204)Theresia Theurl
11. Collaborative Responses to Grand Challenges: The Case of La Scuola Open Source.  (pages 207-227)Nunzia Coco
12. The Evolution and Evaluation of the Italian Legislation on Social Cooperatives and Social Enterprises: Facilitator or Obstacle to Their Diffusion?  (pages 229-252)Silvia Velmer
13. Opportunity Recognition and Innovative Solutions to Societal Challenges: The Case of Community Cooperatives in Italy.  (pages 253-275)Riccardo Maiolini & Tommaso Ramus
14. Is SwissCovid a Responsible Innovation for a Grand Societal Challenge? The Case for Better Deliberative Capacities in Innovation Governance.  (pages 277-300)Andreas Georg Scherer, Christian Voegtlin & Dana Entenza
15. The Contribution of Large Cooperatives to a Sustainable Development: Data and Examples from the World Cooperative Monitor.  (pages 301-315)Chiara Carini, Paola Delvecchio & Ilana Gotz
16. Cooperative Approaches as a Way to Build Resilient Societies.  (pages 317-344)Friederike Edel, Maximilian Grund, Johanna Moebius, Armin Schuster & Werner Stork
17. Understanding Social Recognition of Cooperatives from a Bourdieusian Perspective: The Cases of Kalkbreite in Zurich (CH) and Exeter Street Hall in Brighton (UK).  (pages 345-365)Gaelle Cotterlaz-Rannard & Manuel Méndez

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