With growing economic inequality and threats to the sustainability
of human societies, Koh argues that cooperatives can play an
important role in promoting decent work and reducing economic
inequality in the 21st century, and thus urges policy makers to
reignite policy discussions on cooperatives. This book shows how
worker cooperatives are uniquely situated to empower low and
middle-wage workers and what governments can do to promote them.
Koh clarifies the mechanism in which cooperatives create an upper
hand over conventional companies in ‘labor-intensive’ sectors,
thereby boosting employment potential. He also explains
cooperatives’ wide contribution to the SDGs, including the
resilience of cooperatives in times of crises and their potential
to address the challenges of ageing societies. Furthermore, he
provides a foundational work on ‘decentralized supporting
mechanisms for cooperatives’ based on the analysis of the case of
South Korea, where the number of cooperatives increased by 2,000
percent between 2013 and 2023. Lastly, he explains how to use
Official Development Assistance (ODA) to support cooperatives in
developing countries, especially Private Sector Instruments (PSIs)
which were introduced in 2016 by the Development Assistance
Committee of the OECD. This book will be interest for researchers
in the fields of co-operatives management, development economics
and heterodox economics, as well as policymakers and professionals.
General
| Imprint: |
Taylor & Francis
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy |
| Release date: |
November 2023 |
| First published: |
2024 |
| Authors: |
Jae-Myong Koh
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
224 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-03-260092-5 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-03-260092-6 |
| Barcode: |
9781032600925 |
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