Between the local and the global

An analysis of economic tensions in cooperatives’ practices

Bibliographic Data

ID9973838
AuthorsCharity Samantha Vo (Baylor University, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume62
Issue1
Pages212-223
Publication date2017-07-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Social Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-8728 • E-ISSN: 1461-7234
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0020872817717321
OpenAlexW2736339351
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

Cooperatives help meet critical livelihood needs worldwide. This article seeks to provide an understanding of the potential of cooperatives to promote economic and social objectives by illuminating the tensions that cooperatives face at the nexus of local and global forces. To achieve this goal, this article draws on data from an 8-month qualitative case study of two coffee cooperatives in southern Costa Rica and focuses on the tensions experienced by the cooperatives in the economic realm. The research suggests that these tensions actually further the cooperatives’ economic objectives and are necessary for the cooperatives’ flourishing and growth

Agriculture · Business · Economic growth · Economic system · Economics · Face (sociological concept · Flourishing · Livelihood · Nexus (standard · Political science · Realm · Social science · Sociology · Cooperative Studies and Economics · Family Business Performance and Succession · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion

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