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Book SynopsisA comprehensive look at how Canadians are responding to the forces of globalization through collectively owned enterprises.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Where We Stand – Place, Enterprise, and Community / Brett Fairbairn
Part 1: Globalization, Autonomy, and Cohesion
1 Globalization, Co-operatives, and Social Cohesion / William D. Coleman
2 “Nuna Is My Body”: What Northerners Can Teach about Social Cohesion / Isobel M. Findlay
Part 2: Social Enterprises and Networks
3 “I Felt That I Had Lost Myself”: Credit Unions, Economies, and the Construction of Locality / Brett Fairbairn with Rob Dobrohoczki
4 Autonomy and Identity: Constraints and Possibilities in Western Canada’s Co-operative Retailing System / Jason Heit, Murray Fulton, and Brett Fairbairn
5 Social Cohesion in Times of Crisis: Atlantic Canada’s Consumers’ Community Co-operative / Leslie H. Brown
Part 3: New Partnerships and Models
6 Reclaiming Community: Co-operatives and Sectoral Governance in Quebec Forestry / Patrick Gingras and Mario Carrier
7 Rebuilding “Home” in a Transient World: Globalization, Social Exclusion, and Innovations in Co-operative Housing / Mitch Diamantopoulos and Jorge Sousa
8 Co-operation Reinvented: New Partnerships in Multi-Stakeholder Co-operatives / Jean-Pierre Girard and Geneviève Langlois
9 “To See Our Communities Come Alive Again with Pride”: (Re)Inventing Co-operatives for First Nations’ Needs / Lou Hammond Ketilson
10 Imagination and the Future: Learning from Social Enterprises / Brett Fairbairn
Appendix: The Enterprise with Many Names: Establishing a Common Language / Brett Fairbairn
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