1st Edition

Globalization of Communes 1950-2010

By Yaacov Oved Copyright 2013
326 Pages
by Routledge

328 Pages
by Routledge

326 Pages
by Routledge

After World War II, communes and cooperative communities became internationally oriented in their membership and networking began to develop. Unlike earlier such enterprises, these groups shared an openness to international relationships. This was evident both in the groups' social composition, and in the extension of networks beyond their own country. Such globalization opened up the possibility... Read more
Preface, Introduction: Th e Globalization of Communes and Cooperative Communities, 1. Th e Fifties—Th e First Buds, 2. US Communes in the Sixties: Th e High Tide, 3. Th e Seventies’ Communes—Stability and Diversity, 4. Th e Eighties: From Decline to Recovery, 5. Expansion and Diversity in the 1990s, 6. Communes and Cooperative Communities at the Turn of the Century, 7. A Collective Profi le of the Communes and Intentional Communities, 8. Th e Kibbutz Movement and the Communes, 9. A Personal Afterword, Bibliography, Index

Biography

Yaacov Oved