The hidden alternative: co-operative values, past, present and future - Tapa blanda

In light of the recent global economic recession, this publication seeks to challenge the hegemony of the investor led business model in economics and business studies, and needs to be promoted in relation to these debates. The contributions to this book demonstrate that co-operation offers a real and much needed alternative for the organisation of human economic and social affairs, one that should establish its place at the forefront of public and academic discussion and policy making. It includes chapters on education, fair trade, politics and governance, planning, and sustainability and on how co-operatives have coped with the global economic crisis.

Anthony Webster is head of history in the School of Humanities and Social Science at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. Alyson Brown is a reader in history in the department of English and history at Edge Hill University. David Stewart is senior lecturer in history in the School of Education and Social Science at the University of Central Lancashire. John K. Walton is Ikerbasque Research Professor in the department of contemporary history at the University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain. Linda Shaw is vice principal of the Co-operative College, UK.