Exploring Asian-Pacific Co-operatives in Theory and Practice: Resilience and Thriving between the State and the Market

by Morris Altman (Editor), Akira Kurimoto (Editor)

Overview

Exploring Asian-Pacific Cooperatives in Theory and Practice: Resilience and Thriving between the State and the Market investigates Asian-Pacific coop models mainly through the analytical lenses of Asian-Pacific researchers. It consists of theoretical and empirical analyses on transversal themes from interdisciplinary studies and national case studies covering multiple sectors and countries. It focuses on a variety of challenging issues using different analytical approaches to cooperative challenges in the Asian-Pacific and examines the traditional dichotomy between the State and the Market.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780443237843
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	11/01/2025
Series:	Perspectives in Behavioral Economics and the Economics of Behavior
Pages:	340
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Morris Altman is the Dean of the University of Dundee School of Business and former Chair Professor of Behavioral and Institutional Economics and Co-operatives. He is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, earning his PhD in economics from McGill University in 1984. Morris was a former visiting scholar at Cambridge (Elected Visiting Fellow), Canterbury, New Zealand (Erskine Professor), Cornell, Duke, Harvard, Hebrew, Stirling, and Stanford University. He has published well over 120 refereed papers and given over 250 international academic presentations and has also published 19 books in economic theory, co-operatives, behavioral economics, economic growth, ethics, economic history, sustainability, and public policy. He is past president of the Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics (SABE) and the Association for Social Economics and is co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Review of Behavioral Economics. He also served on research committees of the International Co-operative Alliance.

Akira Kurimoto is the Senior Fellow of the Japan Co-operative Alliance and the Chair of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) Research Committee. He serves as a member of the ICA Co-operative Identity Advisory Group and the Steering Committee of the ICA World Co-operative Monitor. He studied law at the University of Tokyo. He was a professor at the Institute for Solidarity-based Society at Hosei University, Tokyo 2015-2020. He was the board member/chief researcher of the Consumer Co-operative Institute, Japan and the general secretary of the Robert Owen Association. He edited a number of volumes including The Emergence of Global Citizenship: Utopian Ideas, Co-operative Movements and the Third Sector (2005) and Toward Contemporary Co-operative Studies: Perspectives from Japan’s Consumer Co-ops (2010). He is a founding member of the Asia Pacific Co-operative Research Partnership which published Waking the Asian Pacific Co-operative Potential in 2020.

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Introduction

Part 1 Theoretical foundation for analyzing AP Co-ops
1A. Institutional changes and transformation in the AP co-ops
2 Overview of 1A
3. Legal framework of AP co-ops
4. Transformation and hybridization of AP co-ops
5. Demutualization of co-ops in AP
6. Co-operative Spin-off in AP
7. Co-operation among AP co-ops
8. International co-operation to/from AP co-ops
9. AP co-operatives and Social Solidarity Economy

1B. AP co-ops seen from entrepreneurial perspectives
10. Overview of 1B
11. Modelling multi-stakeholder co-ops in AP
12. Eco-innovation of AP co-ops
13. How Co-operatives Can Be Competitive with Plantations in AP
14. AP co-ops seen from youth’s perspective
15. Comparing dairy co-operatives in New Zealand and France
16. Comparing consumer co-ops in Japan and Finland

Part 2 Case studies of AP co-operatives’ good practices
2A. Financial co-ops
17. Overview
18. NACUFOK in Korea
19. Labor banks in Japan
20. Kyosai insurance Co-op in Japan
21. Kopkun in Indonesia

2B. Health care co-ops
22. Overview
23. Minami Medical Co-op in Japan
24. Health care social co-ops in Korea
25. Indian co-op hospitals
26. Galle co-op hospital in Sri Lanka

2C. Education and youth co-ops
27. Overview
28. School co-ops in Malaysia
29. Rah-e Roshd cultural-educational cooperative in Iran
30. University co-ops in Japan
31. University co-ops in India

2D. Platform co-ops
32. Overview
33. Life magic care co-op in Korea
34. SEWA in India
35. Open Food Network in Australia

Epilogue

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From the Publisher

Explores how co-operatives emerged and evolved between the State and Market in light of the Co-operative Identity and Principles in the Asian Pacific