Workers'cooperatives and: Sociale enterprise: A forgotten route to social equity and democracy

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1023-1041

  Rothschild, Joyce ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy and civil society; Job creation; Social enterprises; Social property; Workers' co operatives

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849158159     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764208327673     Document Type: Article

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