Cooperative Enterprises in Australia and Italy

Know about the book -

Cooperative Enterprises in Australia and Italy is written by Anthony Jensen and published by Firenze University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 8866558672 (ISBN 10) and 9788866558675 (ISBN 13).

This book arises from a three-year comparative research program concerning co-operative enterprises in Australia and Italy. The book explores the historical development, legal framework and the peak organisations of co-operatives in the two countries. Specific comparative chapters focus on consumer, credit, and worker-producer co-operatives. The book deepens the analysis of co-operatives by containing chapters that examine specific theoretical and empirical issues such as the theory of co-operative firms as collective entrepreneurial action. Monographic chapters include more in depth analysis of specific typologies of co-operatives, such as social and community oriented co-operatives, some of which were created to contrast organized crime in Southern Italy. The book concludes with an assessment of the implications of the project for public policy.