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Based on eighty interviews recently conducted in Cuba, this book captures actual voices from this evolving economic sector. Thirty percent of the country's labor force currently make up the nonstate sector. These include self-employed workers and micro-entrepreneurs, sharecropping farmers, members of new cooperatives, and buyers and sellers of private dwellings. This development represents a crucial structural reform implemented by Raúl Castro since becoming Cuba's leader in 2006, and may become the most dynamic economic force for the country's future. The book details workers' level of satisfaction with what they do and earn, profits (and how they are allocated between consumption and investment), plans to expand their activities, receiving foreign remittances and microcredit, competition, forms of advertising, and payment of taxes. Perhaps most revealing are the speakers' views on the obstacles they face and their desires for change and improvement.

E-books --- Mixed economy --- Cooperative societies --- Co-operative societies --- Co-ops (Cooperative societies) --- Cooperative associations --- Cooperative distribution --- Cooperative stores --- Cooperatives --- Coops (Cooperative societies) --- Distribution, Cooperative --- Stores, Cooperative --- Corporations --- Societies --- Economy, Mixed --- Third way (Economics) --- Capitalism --- Socialism --- Cuba --- Küba --- Guba --- Kkuba --- Republic of Cuba --- República de Cuba --- キューバ --- Kyūba --- Kuuba --- Economic conditions --- Commerce. --- Economic policy. --- Since 1990

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Este libro presenta las diferentes experiencias de formación y concreción de políticas públicas en materia de promoción, protección o fortalecimiento de la economía solidaria en Colombia, especialmente en Medellín, en comparación con varios países de Europa y América Latina, para descubrir variantes comunes que puedan ser replicadas en otros territorios del país.

Cooperativismo --- Public policy. --- Economics --- Cooperation --- Política pública --- Economía solidaria --- Economía social --- Sociological aspects. --- Social aspects --- Collaborative economy --- Cooperative distribution --- Cooperative movement --- Distribution, Cooperative --- Peer-to-peer economy --- Sharing economy --- Profit-sharing --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- Economic sociology --- Socio-economics --- Socioeconomics --- Sociology of economics --- Sociology --- Public politics --- Solidarity economy --- Social economy

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Ce livre rend possible la rencontre entre deux réalités différentes mais intuitivement proches : le coopérativisme et la doctrine sociale de l'Église. Enzo Pezzini retient le terme de "coïncidence doctrinale" pour qualifier cette rencontre. Mais il parle également d'un "esprit" commun à ces deux réalités, un esprit qui prend une forme profane dans un cas et religieuse dans l'autre. Or la coïncidence doctrinale, insufflée par un même esprit, devient résonance musicale. C'est ainsi que ce travail peut être lu comme une composition pour deux instruments qui se répondent l'un à l'autre de page en page. Il s'agit d'une mise en résonance minutieuse et rigoureuse où chaque instrument est sollicité et mobilisé avec ce qu'il a de plus propre. Le coopérativisme rentre ainsi en scène avec ses principes, sa réalité historique et les idées diverses qui l'ont nourri. La doctrine sociale de l'Église est entendue à travers les différents textes qui la composent mais également la voix de quelques "figures chrétiennes emblématiques". Les notes jouées par chaque instrument se font ainsi écho progressivement : sans se confondre, elles font entendre une même musique, harmonieuse et porteuse d'une même utopie, celle d'une société marquée par la co-opération plutôt que par la concurrence.

Église catholique --- Économie collaborative --- Économie politique --- Coopératives --- Doctrine sociale. --- Aspect religieux --- Cooperative societies --- Cooperation --- Church and social problems --- Christianity and social problems --- Social problems and Christianity --- Social problems and the church --- Social problems --- Co-operative societies --- Co-ops (Cooperative societies) --- Cooperative associations --- Cooperative distribution --- Cooperative stores --- Cooperatives --- Coops (Cooperative societies) --- Distribution, Cooperative --- Stores, Cooperative --- Corporations --- Societies --- Collaborative economy --- Cooperative movement --- Peer-to-peer economy --- Sharing economy --- Economics --- Profit-sharing --- Économie collaborative. --- Doctrine sociale --- Église catholique. --- 241.65*2 --- 334.1 --- 334.1 Cooperaties. Onderlinge samenwerking --- Cooperaties. Onderlinge samenwerking --- 241.65*2 Theologische ethiek: sociale rechtvaardigheid --- Theologische ethiek: sociale rechtvaardigheid --- Église catholique. --- Christian sociology --- Catholic Church --- Religious aspects

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This book explores all aspects of the sharing economy, pursuing a multidisciplinary approach encompassing Service Design, Spatial Design, Sociology, Economics, Law, and Transport and Operations Research. The book develops a unified vision of sharing services, and pinpoints the most important new challenges. The first, more theoretical part covers general topics from the perspectives of experts in the respective disciplines. Among the subjects addressed are the role of the user in co-design and co-production; impacts of sharing services on cities, communities, and private spaces; individual rewarding and social outcomes; regulatory issues; and the scope for improving the efficiency of design, management, and analysis of sharing services. In turn, the second part of the book presents a selection of case studies of specific sharing services, in which many of the concepts described in the first part are put into practice. Readers will gain a deeper understanding of the dynamics of sharing services and of the hidden problems that may arise. Key factors responsible for the success (or failure) of sharing services are identified by analyzing some of the best (and worst) practices. Given its breadth of coverage, the book offers a valuable guide for researchers and for all stakeholders in the sharing economy, including startup founders and local administrators.

Design services --- Cooperation. --- Economics --- Marketing. --- Sociological aspects. --- Business. --- Service industries. --- Operations research. --- Management science. --- Transportation engineering. --- Traffic engineering. --- Regional economics. --- Spatial economics. --- Economic sociology. --- Business and Management. --- Services. --- Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology. --- Operations Research, Management Science. --- Regional/Spatial Science. --- Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering. --- Operations Research/Decision Theory. --- Economic sociology --- Socio-economics --- Socioeconomics --- Sociology of economics --- Sociology --- Spatial economics --- Regional economics --- Regional planning --- Regionalism --- Space in economics --- Engineering, Traffic --- Road traffic --- Street traffic --- Traffic, City --- Traffic control --- Traffic regulation --- Urban traffic --- Highway engineering --- Transportation engineering --- Civil engineering --- Engineering --- Quantitative business analysis --- Management --- Problem solving --- Operations research --- Statistical decision --- Operational analysis --- Operational research --- Industrial engineering --- Management science --- Research --- System theory --- Industries --- Trade --- Commerce --- Industrial management --- Social aspects --- Collaborative economy --- Cooperative distribution --- Cooperative movement --- Distribution, Cooperative --- Peer-to-peer economy --- Sharing economy --- Profit-sharing --- Traffic Engineering. --- Cooperation --- Marketing --- Sociological aspects --- Decision making. --- Deciding --- Decision (Psychology) --- Decision analysis --- Decision processes --- Making decisions --- Management decisions --- Choice (Psychology) --- Decision making --- Design services - Marketing --- Economics - Sociological aspects

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The fundamental question explored in the book concerns the meaning of co-operation. Was it a social movement or an economic enterprise? Did it aspire to challenge capitalism or to reform it? Did it contain at its heart a political vision for the transformation of society or was it simply a practical guide for organising a business?

Consumer cooperatives --- Consumer organizations --- Cooperative distribution --- Cooperatives, Consumer --- Distribution, Cooperative --- Trade-union consumer cooperatives --- Cooperative societies --- History --- International Co-operative Alliance --- A.C.I. (Alliance coopérative internationale) --- ACI (Alliance coopérative internationale) --- Aliança Cooperativa Internacional --- Alianza Cooperativa Internacional --- Alliance coopérative internationale --- Congrès coopératif international --- I.C.A. (International Co-operative Alliance) --- ICA (International Co-operative Alliance) --- International Co-operative Congress --- International Cooperative Alliance --- Internationaler Genossenschaftsbund --- Internationella kooperativa alliansen --- Kokusai Kyōdō Kumiai Dōmei --- Mezinárodní družstevní svaz --- Szövetkezetek Nemzetközi Szövetsége --- 国際協同組合同盟 --- History. --- Cooperation --- Collaborative economy --- Cooperative movement --- Peer-to-peer economy --- Sharing economy --- Economics --- Profit-sharing --- Co-operative societies --- Co-ops (Cooperative societies) --- Cooperative associations --- Cooperative stores --- Cooperatives --- Coops (Cooperative societies) --- Stores, Cooperative --- Corporations --- Societies --- E-books --- Northern Europe. --- Northern Europe --- Politics --- Politics & Government --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics --- Politics & government --- Europe, Northern --- Co-operation. --- Co-operative movement. --- Inter-war period. --- International Co-operative Alliance (ICA). --- Internationalism. --- Nordic countries.