Dr Piero Ammirato is an Honorary Fellow, Politics and Public Policy, at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.

• Foreword Introduction The Cooperative legislative framework: enabling growth and promoting cooperative principles Central Associations: leadership and economic development Financing cooperatives: members, markets and networks Consortia network: economies of scale and national expansion From large cooperatives to cooperative groups: a new cooperative model? Entrepreneurship: start-ups, worker-buyouts and social cooperatives Cooperative resilience: managing the global financial crisis Cooperative principles and social responsibility: people and communities before profits Cooperative identity: in search of a new vision Conclusion: toward a more pluralist and democratic market economy

Dr Piero Ammirato is an Honorary Fellow, Politics and Public Policy, at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.

• Foreword Introduction The Cooperative legislative framework: enabling growth and promoting cooperative principles Central Associations: leadership and economic development Financing cooperatives: members, markets and networks Consortia network: economies of scale and national expansion From large cooperatives to cooperative groups: a new cooperative model? Entrepreneurship: start-ups, worker-buyouts and social cooperatives Cooperative resilience: managing the global financial crisis Cooperative principles and social responsibility: people and communities before profits Cooperative identity: in search of a new vision Conclusion: toward a more pluralist and democratic market economy

Dr Piero Ammirato is an Honorary Fellow, Politics and Public Policy, at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.

• Foreword Introduction The Cooperative legislative framework: enabling growth and promoting cooperative principles Central Associations: leadership and economic development Financing cooperatives: members, markets and networks Consortia network: economies of scale and national expansion From large cooperatives to cooperative groups: a new cooperative model? Entrepreneurship: start-ups, worker-buyouts and social cooperatives Cooperative resilience: managing the global financial crisis Cooperative principles and social responsibility: people and communities before profits Cooperative identity: in search of a new vision Conclusion: toward a more pluralist and democratic market economy