1st Edition

The Co-operative Alternative in Europe The Case of Housing

By Gregory Andrusz Copyright 1999
317 Pages
by Routledge

317 Pages
by Routledge

317 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1999, this book attempts to understand housing co-operatives in terms of their development over time and their relationships to other types of housing tenure. The book considers them within the framework of the broader co-operative movement and its role in society's overall system of production and exchange. There is an examination of the role of a form of ownership which is... Read more

Part 1. From Corporatist State to Co-operative Commonwealth. 1. Conflicts in Political Economy and Social Theory. 2. A Co-operative Culture. Part 2. Russia and the Co-operative Alternative. 3. The Rise and Decline of the Co-operative in Russia. 4. The Co-operative Revival under Gorbachev. Part 3. Housing Co-operatives in Europe. 5. Soviet Russia: The Struggle Against Statism. 6. Marxist GDR: Cycilical Fortunes. Prue Chamberlayne. 7. Socialist Yugoslavia: Embryo of a Co-operative Republic. Lars Nord. 8. Social Democratic Sweden: A Story of Success. Bo Bengtsson.

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Gregory Andrusz