The Search for Community

From Utopia to a Co-operative Society

• Author(s): George Melnyk,
• Publisher: Black Rose Books
• Pages: 170
• ISBN_10: 0920057535
  ISBN_13: 9780920057537
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Economics / Social & Behavioral , Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism , Social Science / General , Social Science / Sociology / General ,

Description:... Co-ops in capitalist and communist nations are assessed for strengths and drawbacks. A fascinating look at co-operative forms as diverse as the kibbutz in Israel, the Kolkhoz of the former Soviet Union, the Basque co-ops in Spain, and the Hutterite communities of Western Canada. "A fascinating social history of co-operatives, from monastery to commune."--"Choice"