Exploring Asian-Pacific Co-operatives in Theory and Practice
Resilience and Thriving between the State and the Market
- 1st Edition - November 24, 2025
- Latest edition
- Editors: Morris Altman, Akira Kurimoto
- Language: English
Exploring Asian-Pacific Cooperatives in Theory and Practice: Resilience and Thriving between the State and the Market investigates Asian-Pacific coop models mainly through the anal… Read more
Description
Description
Exploring Asian-Pacific Cooperatives in Theory and Practice: Resilience and Thriving between the State and the Market investigates Asian-Pacific coop models mainly through the analytical lenses of Asian-Pacific researchers. It consists of theoretical and empirical analyses on transversal themes from interdisciplinary studies and national case studies covering multiple sectors and countries. It focuses on a variety of challenging issues using different analytical approaches to cooperative challenges in the Asian-Pacific and examines the traditional dichotomy between the State and the Market.
Key features
Key features
- Explores how coops in the Asian-Pacific develop as successful business models, providing a broader understanding of cooperatives in different national and cultural settings
- Investigates why coops succeed or fail in the Asian-Pacific region, helping readers to understand under what conditions coops can deliver more equitable and sustainable growth
- Utilizes a case study approach, with the second half of the book featuring national case studies covering numerous sectors and countries in the Asian-Pacific
Readership
Readership
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Introduction
Part 1 Theoretical foundation for analyzing AP Co-ops
1A. Institutional changes and transformation in the AP co-ops
2 Overview of 1A
3. Legal framework of AP co-ops
4. Transformation and hybridization of AP co-ops
5. Demutualization of co-ops in AP
6. Co-operative Spin-off in AP
7. Co-operation among AP co-ops
8. International co-operation to/from AP co-ops
9. AP co-operatives and Social Solidarity Economy
1B. AP co-ops seen from entrepreneurial perspectives
10. Overview of 1B
11. Modelling multi-stakeholder co-ops in AP
12. Eco-innovation of AP co-ops
13. How Co-operatives Can Be Competitive with Plantations in AP
14. AP co-ops seen from youth’s perspective
15. Comparing dairy co-operatives in New Zealand and France
16. Comparing consumer co-ops in Japan and Finland
Part 2 Case studies of AP co-operatives’ good practices
2A. Financial co-ops
17. Overview
18. NACUFOK in Korea
19. Labor banks in Japan
20. Kyosai insurance Co-op in Japan
21. Kopkun in Indonesia
2B. Health care co-ops
22. Overview
23. Minami Medical Co-op in Japan
24. Health care social co-ops in Korea
25. Indian co-op hospitals
26. Galle co-op hospital in Sri Lanka
2C. Education and youth co-ops
27. Overview
28. School co-ops in Malaysia
29. Rah-e Roshd cultural-educational cooperative in Iran
30. University co-ops in Japan
31. University co-ops in India
2D. Platform co-ops
32. Overview
33. Life magic care co-op in Korea
34. SEWA in India
35. Open Food Network in Australia
Epilogue
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: November 24, 2025
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Morris Altman
Morris Altman is Chair Professor of Behavioural and Institutional Economics and Co-operatives at the University of Dundee, United Kingdom, and former Inaugural Dean of Dundee University Business School. He has previously served as Dean at the University of Newcastle, Australia, Head of School at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and Head of Department at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Morris was a former visiting scholar at Cambridge, Canterbury, New Zealand, Cornell, Duke, Harvard, Hebrew, Stirling, and Stanford University. He has published more than 130 refereed articles and 20 books in behavioural economics, institutional economics, cooperative studies, governance, and sustainable development. Professor Altman is co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Review of Behavioural Economics and has held leadership roles in numerous international academic and professional organizations, including Association for Social Economics the Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics. He also served on research committees of the International Co-operative Alliance.
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Akira Kurimoto
Akira Kurimoto is a Senior Fellow of the Japan Cooperative Alliance. He studied law at the University of Tokyo and has held senior positions in both academia and the cooperative sector, including Professor of Cooperative Programs at Hosei University's Institute for Solidarity-based Society and Manager of the Japanese Consumer Co-operative Union. Since 1998, he has served as Board Member and Chief Researcher of the Consumer Cooperative Institute of Japan. Professor Kurimoto has played a prominent international leadership role within the cooperative movement, serving as Chair of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) Research Committee, a member of the ICA Principles Committee, and currently Chair of the ICA Asia-Pacific Research Committee. He is also a member of the Steering Committee of the Global Cooperative Monitor. A founding member of the Asia Pacific Cooperative Research Partnership, he co-edited Waking the Asian Pacific Co-operative Potential (2020).