{"product_id":"cooperatives-confront-capitalism-peter-ranis-9781783606504","title":"Cooperatives Confront Capitalism: Challenging the Neoliberal Economy","description":"\u003cp\u003eCooperatives the world over are successfully developing alternative models of decision-making, employment and operation without the existence of managers, executives and hierarchies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough case studies spanning the US, Latin America and Europe, including valuable new work on the previously neglected cooperative movement in Cuba, Peter Ranis explores how cooperatives have evolved in response to the economic crisis. Going further yet, Ranis makes the novel argument that the constitutionally enshrined principle of 'eminent domain' can in fact be harnessed to create and defend worker cooperatives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining the work of key radical theorists, including Marx, Gramsci and Luxemburg, with that of contemporary political economists, such as Block, Piketty and Stiglitz, \u003ci\u003eCooperatives Confront Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e provides what is perhaps the most far-reaching analysis yet of the ideas, achievements and wider historical context of the cooperative movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Ranis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1783606509\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781783606504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Zed Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.60w x 0.70d","brand":"Peter Ranis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46838335242495,"sku":"9781783606504","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8f5b368d-58bc-4380-994a-37956204b089.jpg?v=1746589508","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cooperatives-confront-capitalism-peter-ranis-9781783606504","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}