Co-operatives

<p><strong>What are co-operatives and why do they exist?</strong> What's the difference between a co-operative and an investor-owned firm or between a co-operative and social enterprise? Do co-operatives work and are they political?</p><p></p><p>Policymakers researchers and practitioners looking to expand their understanding of co-operative forms and structures and the broader co-operative movement will find answers to these questions and more.</p><p></p><p>Ian Adderley is a lawyer with extensive experience in the co-operative movement. Here he links the practice and theory of co-operatives and<strong> explores the co-operative movement from its history to present day operation</strong>. Law economics politics governance and finance are some of the topics covered in this wide-ranging account of the co-operative movement.</p><p>The work is supported by the UK Society for Co-operative Studies a charity advancing education on these topics of which Adderley is a trustee and former chair.</p>