Essays about: "Cooperativism"

Found 2 essays containing the word Cooperativism.

  1. 1. Exploring the governance of platform cooperatives A case study of a multi-stakeholder marketplace platform cooperative.

    University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

    Author : Fredrik Andersson Bohman; [2017-09-13]
    Keywords : Platform Cooperativism; Commons Governance; Fairmondo; Governance;

    Abstract : Platform cooperativism is a movement that criticise corporate-owned sharing economy platforms regarding their negative role in generating poor social conditions of labour and extracting huge profits simply by controlling the flows between supply and demand. The aim of this movement is to bring about a change in ownership structures in favour of the platforms workers, establish democratic governance and reinvigorating the notion of solidarity. READ MORE

  3. 2. A Colombian Coffee Cooperative’s role for Rural Development. A Case Study.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Diego Cattolica; [2014]
    Keywords : Cooperativism; Cooperative; Coffee; Salgar; Colombia; Farmers; Rural Development; Actor-network theory; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis looks at the effects a coffee cooperative in the municipality of Salgar has on its member farmers, and its implication for rural development in the region. Coffee cooperatives have become important strategic institutions within the coffee sector in the country, instigated by the National Coffee Growers Federation. READ MORE