Global Consumers' Co-operative: A Historical Perspective

19th Nov 2010  -

This symposium brings together a number of international researchers examining the issue of the history of consumer co-operatives. The symposium raises a number of issues, particularly why consumer co-operatives have been more successful in some countries and regions than others. The speakers are members of a steering committee overseeing the Global Consumers' Co-operative Project, which plans to produce a major publication in 2012, the United Nations International Year of Co-operatives.

The symposium is organised by the Co-operatives Research Group, the University of Sydney Business School and we acknowledge the financial support of the University of Sydney Business School.

Papers

• Some Arguments for Co-operative Studies as an Interdisciplinary, International Field of Enquiry Ian MacPherson
• Patterns, Limitations and Associations: The Consumer Co-operative Movement in Canada, 1828 to the Present Ian MacPherson
• If Potatoes, Why Not co-ops? The Possibilities of the International Year of Co-operatives, 2012 Ian MacPherson