The state of consumer co-operatives: a bottom-up approach
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Social Economy, Consumer cooperatives, Territory
Abstract
This paper starts from the doubt about the continuity and the future of the consumer cooperatives. To do this, it carries out a statistical analysis of the evolution of the Social Economy and situates, within the VICA context, the consumer cooperatives, with a scalar perspective that allows having a territorial view of Andalusia, Spain and Europe. Based on the scientific inductive method (descriptive analysis), the research describes the evolution and the current situation of the consumer cooperatives, opening a debate about the first decline of these enterprises of Social Economy. The main conclusions show a critical situation and a disconnection from the local scope. However, outside of quantitative, in social networks there is a strengthening of the values of consumer co-operatives that could open a new path of growth.Downloads
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Published
2018-07-24
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Pérez-Suárez M. y Márquez Domínguez J. A. (2018). The state of consumer co-operatives: a bottom-up approach. REVESCO. Revista de Estudios Cooperativos, 128, 173-191. https://doi.org/10.5209/REVE.60734
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