• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

information for practice

news, new scholarship & more from around the world


advanced search
  • gary.holden@nyu.edu
  • @ Info4Practice
  • Archive
  • About
  • Help
  • Browse Key Journals
  • RSS Feeds

Contextualizing the Governance of Community Co-operatives: Evidence from Austria and Germany

Abstract  

The article inquires into the role of the institutional context in explaining the governance of community co-operatives. These
organizations do not solely focus on a member’s advantage but act on behalf of some collective identity. To enhance our understanding
of the nature of co-operative governance on the neighborhood level, we draw on theoretical concepts that are context-sensitive,
helping us to catch the institutional conditions in a specific place which are enabling individuals and groups to act and
organize collectively. Thus, we enrich the abstract concept of governance put forward by New Institutional Economics. Based
on a systematic analysis of case studies, the paper shows that the governance of community co-operatives is based on place-bound
values. However, the encounter of divergent imaginations of the neighborhood results in different co-operative practices:
e.g., either a government-directed practice to “discipline” the community or a community-initiated practice of self-organization.

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Category Original Paper
  • Pages 1-25
  • DOI 10.1007/s11266-011-9210-8
  • Authors
    • Richard Lang, RiCC – Research Institute for Co-operation and Co-operatives, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Augasse 2-6, 1090 Vienna, Austria
    • Dietmar Roessl, RiCC – Research Institute for Co-operation and Co-operatives, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Augasse 2-6, 1090 Vienna, Austria
    • Journal Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations
    • Online ISSN 1573-7888
    • Print ISSN 0957-8765
Posted in: Journal Article Abstracts on 08/28/2011 | Link to this post on IFP |
Share

Primary Sidebar

Categories

Category RSS Feeds

  • Calls & Consultations
  • Clinical Trials
  • Funding
  • Grey Literature
  • Guidelines Plus
  • History
  • Infographics
  • Journal Article Abstracts
  • Meta-analyses - Systematic Reviews
  • Monographs & Edited Collections
  • News
  • Open Access Journal Articles
  • Podcasts
  • Video

© 1993-2023 Dr. Gary Holden. All rights reserved.

gary.holden@nyu.edu
@Info4Practice