Waking the Asian Pacific Co-operative Potential

"Despite the above-mentioned limitations, the rich contributions of this book to the academic and political fields are obvious. This book successfully demonstrates the potential of cooperative movements. Using this book as a bridgehead, the international academia can further analyze the new role of cooperative movements." --Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development "Thirty-four papers review how cooperatives across the Asia-Pacific region have overcome difficulties, succeeded, and also failed, explaining how the cooperative model works and what it can contribute to the sustainable development of the economy, society, and the environment." --Journal of Economic Literature "Much of the literature on co-operatives relies upon their experience in Europe and North America. This book is a welcome contrast that expands our knowledge to Asia. Written by well-informed researchers, this volume broadens our understanding and provides new insights into the co-operative form of organization. I strongly recommend this book both to the co-operative community and to those looking for new ideas to re-invigorate the workplace." --John Pencavel "In every country, co-operatives have their own unique history, having evolved under different institutional frameworks. The resulting complexity is not easy to untangle, yet it is only by systematic comparison between countries that we can learn what factors make for success, identify best practice and engage in that most vital activity - mutual learning. That is what makes this book so important; it takes a whole world region and enables the experts on each type of cooperative, in each country, to present case studies that make systematic comparison possible. The result will be to waken the ‘cooperative potential’ on which the livelihoods of so many low income people will depend." --Johnston Birchall