Journal of Co-operative Studies, Vol 37 No 2

Guest editorial - Background to the CONFIDENCE Project

Mervyn Wilson, Chief Executive and Principal, Co-operative College, p. 3

The CONFIDENCE Project -Creating Open Networks for Financial Instruments to Develop Engagement by Co-operative Employees - was EU funded and headed by the Trentino Federation of Co-operatives  and the University of Trento, Italy. Other partners included the Co-operative College in the UK, the Mondragon Co-operative Corporation in Spain and the European Confederation of Workers' Co-operatives (CECOP). The project derived from the growing interest in CSR in the private sector, through to which companies are required to take in to account the interests of stakeholders other than their share holders, i.e. including employees. This special issue focuses on two reports based on UK and Italian experience of financial participation by employees in co-operatives. 

Short papers (Project reports)

Financial participation by employees in co-operatives in Britain 

Andrew Bibby, pp. 5-15

Financial participation by employees in co-operatives in Italy

Antonio Fici, pp. 16-56

Book reviews

Property for people, not for profit: Alternatives to the global tyranny of capital. By Ulrich Duchrow and Franz J Hinkelammert.
Reviewed by T F Carbery, p. 57

Development of French co-operative thought in Britain: E. V. Neale and Community-based well-being. By Yuchiro Nakagawa.
Reviewed by Raymond Donnelly, pp. 58-59

Local society and global economy: The role of co-operatives. Report of International Co-operative Research Conference. By Karafolas, Spear, and Stryjan.
Reviewed by Rita Rhodes, pp. 60-61.