Cooperatives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22369124 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gabriela Vargas-Cetina (0000-0003-1174-0357, Autonomous University of Yucatán, corresponding author), Gabriela Vargas‐cetina |
| Year | 2018 |
| Pages | 1-4 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118924396.wbiea1504 |
| OpenAlex | W4248715663 |
| ISBN | 9781118924396 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Cooperatives are collaborative enterprises that tread a middle path between private businesses and collectively managed goods and resources. Anthropologists have approached them using a mix of classic anthropological concepts, such as the corporation, and concepts derived from other disciplines, including economics and political sciences. Marxism and especially political economy led anthropologists to focus on the global processes that caused cooperatives to emerge and on the commonalities among them across cultures. Institutional economics made anthropologists pay attention to collective ways to manage resources. New approaches are making apparent the importance of other businesses, including those in private ownership, in the contextual environment and cultural nature of each and all cooperatives
Business · Corporation · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Cooperative Studies and Economics · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |