\nA working paper from this project is now published. Linda Shaw describes the co-operation movement in British Africa, starting with the co-op society in the Cape Colony, set up in 1865.<\/p>\n
Conference 2-4 May 2012 in Stockholm:<\/strong> Towards a global history of the consumer co-operative movement<\/a><\/p>\n Consumer co-operative societies have emerged<\/strong> all over the world, parallel to the development of modern capitalist consumption as a global phenomenon from the early nineteenth century. Although the established consumer co-operative societies of Europe have declined in the last decades of the twentieth century, in different parts of the world new forms of consumer co-operative continue to emerge even today. Why, and in what ways, have people formed co-operative organisations as a strategy to supply their basic needs? What have been the main mechanisms behind the diffusion of co-operative ideas across the world and their adaption to different contexts? What were the main influences on the development of the co-operative movement in different parts of the world, and how can we explain the diversity of co-operation in different times and places?<\/p>\n This project will establish a global network<\/strong> of scholars with the aim of producing a global history of the consumer co-operative movement. This will take the form of a book, including chapter-length surveys of co-operative history in selected regions and countries, together with thematic analyses of the transnational connections, processes and entanglements which have shaped co-operative history throughout the world. Combined with statistical information and bibliographies, the anthology is intended above all to create a resource for future studies on the co-operative movement, and will be of interest not only to historians of social movements and consumption, but also to co-operative activists.<\/p>\n The project is led by Mary Hilson (Department of Scandinavian Studies<\/a>, UCL, UK) and Silke Neunsinger (Swedish Labour Movement’s Archives and Library, Stockholm, Sweden) with the support of a small steering group. We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of Riksbankens Jubileumsfond in 2010-11.<\/p>\n The first call for papers is now closed. However, we would nonetheless be very interested to hear from scholars working on the history of consumer co-operation, especially in Africa and Latin America.<\/p>\n Here you will find the positional paper once it is ready, and a full list of contributors and titles.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/arbark.se\/images\/pdf.gif\")
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