This paper discusses the relationship between co-operatives and their communities, one of the standard ways in which the \u201cco-operative difference\u201d is explained. What are the origins of this special relationship? Why and how did it receive so much attention during the 1990s, when the international co-operative movement undertook a large and sustained effort to articulate its basic values and principles? How does the theme of \u201ccommunity responsibility\u201d relate to underlying notions of membership? What kinds of issues are raised when co-operatives seek to address community issues?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This article discusses the relationship between cooperatives and their communities, one of the standard ways in which the “cooperative difference” is explained. What are the origins of this special relationship? Why and how did it receive so much attention in the 1990s, when the international cooperative movement undertook a major and sustained effort to articulate its core values and principles?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":9731,"parent":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","filesize_raw":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[35,79,82,93,372,868],"class_list":["post-1069","publications","type-publications","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cooperatives","tag-concern-for-community-en","tag-membership-en","tag-accountability-en","tag-cooperative-en","tag-interesse-per-la-comunita-2","publications-cat-working-papers","publications-area-local-development-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n