Co-operative movement

⭐ In the context of the co-operative movement, what fundamentally distinguished its emergence as a formalized system from earlier instances of cooperation?

The co-operative movement wasn't simply about people working together; it was about consciously organizing businesses around principles like member control and shared profits, transforming earlier cooperative arrangements into a distinct business model.

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⭐ Core Definition: Co-operative movement

The history of the cooperative movement concerns the origins and history of cooperatives across the world. Although cooperative arrangements, such as mutual insurance, and principles of cooperation existed long before, the cooperative movement began with the application of cooperative principles to business organization.

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⭐ Core Definition: Co-operative movement
Co-operative movement in the context of G. D. H. Cole

Co-operative movement in the context of G. D. H. Cole

George Douglas Howard Cole (25 September 1889 – 14 January 1959) was an English political theorist, economist, historian, and novelist. As a believer in common ownership of the means of production, he theorised guild socialism (production organised through worker guilds). He belonged to the Fabian Society and was an advocate for the co-operative movement.

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