UKSCS conference grapples with question of co-operative growth
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As the co-op movement looks to scale up in response to the challenges of the 21st century, awareness and understanding of the model takes on new importance – an issue which takes in the thorny question of how a co-op should actually be defined.
These fundamental questions of the movement were a key theme to the recent conference of the UK Society for Co-operative Studies (UKSCS), held in Birmingham, with contributions from sector leaders and academics who dug into the history and ethos of the co-operation.
