The Italian cooperative movement has grown in the fashion of a limestone river: the stream is continuously flowing but comes out into the open only at certain times. In fact, although Italian cooperation has experienced various ups and downs since the mid-nineteenth century, it has never disappeared altogether. However, only over the past thirty years it has become a surprisingly important player in the economy of the country. The present essay offers a quantitative analysis of this latter phase of development of the Italian cooperative movement, which has seen it transformed from a marginal to a powerful player in the nation’s economic context and attempts to identify the main causes of this radical transformation and to reflect on the challenges laying ahead.
Titolo: | Cooperatives (1951-2001) | |
Autore/i: | NEGRI, VERA; BATTILANI, PATRIZIA | |
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Anno: | 2010 | |
Titolo del libro: | Forms of Enterprise in 20th Century Italy. Boundaries, Structures and Strategies | |
Pagina iniziale: | 273 | |
Pagina finale: | 293 | |
Abstract: | The Italian cooperative movement has grown in the fashion of a limestone river: the stream is continuously flowing but comes out into the open only at certain times. In fact, although Italian cooperation has experienced various ups and downs since the mid-nineteenth century, it has never disappeared altogether. However, only over the past thirty years it has become a surprisingly important player in the economy of the country. The present essay offers a quantitative analysis of this latter phase of development of the Italian cooperative movement, which has seen it transformed from a marginal to a powerful player in the nation’s economic context and attempts to identify the main causes of this radical transformation and to reflect on the challenges laying ahead. | |
Data prodotto definitivo in UGOV: | 19-set-2010 | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 2.01 Capitolo / saggio in libro |