Are worker-owned cooperatives the brewing pots for social capital?

Community Development

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 417-430

  Majeea, Wilson ^a   Hoyt, Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperatives; Group participation; Network building; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960511033     PISSN: 15575330     EISSN: 19447485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15575330.2010.488741     Document Type: Review

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