This case study focuses on and analyses the formation of four
co-operatives in the Evangeline region, a small Acadian community
in the southwest part of Prince Edward Island.
Defined by the authors as an 'integrated community-controlled
economy, ' the Evangeline community demonstrates the potential that
a network of interrelated co-operatives has for community economic
development. More specifically, the authors discuss why some
co-operatives succeed while others fail, and propose a model that
outlines the element necessary for any comprehensive community
economic-development process.
Wilkinson and Quarter look at the Evangeline experiment in the
context of two seemingly contradictory trends today: globalization
and decentralization. They argue that the initiatives undertaken by
the Evangeline community fit within the trend toward
decentralization and community control. The citizens of the
Evangeline region have formed a community-controlled economy,
refusing to accept the conventional wisdom that a small community
is not viable in a modern economy. The authors suggest that the
Evangeline experiment shows that communities which are being
marginalized in the modern world can take matters into their own
hands and succeed where externally driven development has
failed.
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