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Social Science Regional Studies

Co-operative Canada

Empowering Communities and Sustainable Businesses

edited by Brett Fairbairn & Nora Russell

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2014
Category
Regional Studies, General, Globalization
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774827881
    Publish Date
    Oct 2014
    List Price
    $95.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774827898
    Publish Date
    Mar 2015
    List Price
    $34.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774827911
    Publish Date
    Aug 2014
    List Price
    $34.95

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Description

A shift in US bank policy. A demonstration in Greece. A tsunami in Japan. These types of events can have profound effects on the economic well-being of Canadian communities. In such a heavily globalized environment, it may seem that only large corporations with access to transnational resources can operate successfully, but Canadian co-operatives demonstrate that this is not the case. Drawing on the results of a large research project that examined co-operatives in communities from coast to coast to coast, Co-operative Canada reveals how Canadians are collectively responding to the forces of globalization through local, community-owned enterprises.

About the authors

Brett Fairbairn is a professor in the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan specializing in democratic governance and history. He is also a Fellow in Co-operative Thought and Ideas at the University’s Centre for the Study of Co-operatives.

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