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An Arsenal for Labour: the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society and Politics 1896-1996 |
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| Author: Rita Rhodes | |||
| Category: History | |||
| Description: This is the unique study of a consumer co-operative society and its involvement in British politics during a period of one hundred years. The Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society was based in South East London and grew to become one of the Co-operative Movement's biggest retail businesses. At the same time it developed a distinct and remarkable political tradition which set it apart from other co-operative societies. | |||
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| 296 pp | 0 85195 253 4 | £ 12.00 | |
Beyond a Fair Price: the Co-operative Movement and Fair Trade |
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| Author: Samantha Lacey | |||
| Category: New International Development | |||
| Description: The co-operative and Fair Trade movements have each played important roles in challenging the inequalities and exploitative practices of market driven supply chains dominated by multinational corporations. In contrast, the Fair Trade and co-operative movements have endeavoured to empower and inform both producers and consumers and have often worked together to this end. This paper aims to examine this rich history of empowerment and to generate ideas and recommendations for how these movements can work together to provide an alternative to purely profit driven value chains. The findings are based on interviews with a range of co-operative and Fair Trade stakeholders as well as experts in the field. Co-operative College Paper 14. | |||
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| 96 pp | 978 0 85195 317 5 | £ 3.00 | |
Building Sustainable Supporters' Trusts: a training manual |
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| Category: Member Participation | |||
| Description: The Building Sustainable Supporters' Trusts project worked with trusts to identify the training, development and support needs of supporters’ trusts and to design a structured programme of training to enable trusts to realise their full potential as sustainable organisations and to strengthen their contribution to the social economy. The Manual covers: Running your trust effectively; Membership and recruitment; Finance and fundraising; and Role and duties of an Industrial & Provident Society trust secretary. | |||
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| 193 pages plus CD-ROM | £ 50.00 | ||
Caring & Sharing |
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| Author: Jean Gaffin and David Thoms | |||
| Category: History | |||
| Description: The centenary history of one of the world's most remarkable radical feminist groups, the Co-operative Women's Guild, recounts the stirring events of the Guild's foundation and its many energetic campaigns. This new edition contains a postscript reviewing the ten years following the book's first publication in 1983. The book appeals to everyone with a concern for women's role in society and is an important addition to the academic literature on the women's movement |
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| 296 pp | 0 85195 201 1 | £ 11.00 | |
Changes in China |
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| Author: Nora Stettner and Bert Oram | |||
| Category: International | |||
| Description: This study of co-operative enterprise in China examines how government policies since 1979 have transformed the Chinese economy, allowing a vast proliferation of co-operatives and other forms of collective enterprise. "Their book deserves to be read." - Prof. Asa Briggs in a thought-provoking Foreword. |
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| 140 pp | 0 85195 148 1 | £ 7.50 | |
Churchill's Favourite Socialist: A Life of AV Alexander |
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| Author: John Tilley | |||
| Category: History Biography | |||
| Description: A V Alexander is one of the great unsung heroes of the Labour Movement. This son of a widowed corset-maker left school when he was 13 and, following a career in the Co-op and then in Sheffield politics, became the organiser with Winston Churchill of crucial wartime naval successes. This first biography of the only Labour Party Minister ever to serve as First Lord of the Admiralty was written while John Tilley was Co-operative Parliamentary Secretary. "His contribution to the nation's well-being was immense" - Roy Hattersley MP in a lively Introduction. |
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| 91 pp | 0 85195 226 7 | £ 7.50 | |
College Paper Special Offer |
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| Category: Member Participation | |||
| Description: Some of the first College papers - Co-operative Learning and Responsible Citizenship in the 21st Century, Getting Involved - studies of member participation in co-operatives across the West Midlands, Motivating Members - participation in governance - a study of the Co-operative Group, Pioneers in Co-operation, Co-operation Social responsibility and Fair Trade in Europe and HIV Aids and Co-operatives. | |||
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| £ 25.00 | |||
Consumer Co-operation in the UK 1945-1993 |
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| Category: History | |||
| Description: This special issue of the Journal of the Society for Co-operative Studies contains contributions from many eminent co-operative specialists, who examine the post-war successes and failures of the consumer Co-operative Movement from a number of standpoints and look at the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. | |||
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| 132 pp | ISSN 0961-5784 | £ 5.00 | |
Co-operation Works: How people are using cooperative action to rebuild communities and revitalize the economy. |
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| Author: E G Nadeau and David J Thompson | |||
| Category: Co-operation International | |||
| Description: The tradition of democratic economic enterprise reaches far back into American History. This exploration of the development of co-operatives in the USA during the 1990s uses a wealth of case studies to show the breadth of the co-operative movement in the areas of agriculture, worker co-operatives, housing co-operatives, credit unions and many others. | |||
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| 206 pp | 1 883477 13 1 | £ 8.00 | |
Co-operation, social responsibility and fair trade in Europe |
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| Author: Edited by Linda Shaw | |||
| Category: Co-operation International | |||
| Description: Both the co-operative and Fair Trade movements have the potential to promote a more equitable and balanced economy and society not just within Europe but with their trading partners in the developing world. The vital contribution of the co-operative sector in Europe to the development of European markets for Fair Trade products is the focus of this publication. Four detailed cases studies explore the situation in Italy, Sweden, Belgium and the UK. | |||
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| 150 pp | 0 85195 305 0 | £ 2.00 | |
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