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ARTICLES-PUBLICATIONS
ARTICLES
Paul Bradley, “Promoting Economic Security for Manufactured Homeowners
in Parks: New Hampshire’s Pioneering Cooperative Model,” Housing
Facts and Findings, vol. 7, no. 4 (2005).
article-bradley.pdf
(72KB)
Patricia Cumbie and the Data Analysis Team, “2003 Survey Shows Strong
Growth, New Challenges,” The Cooperative Grocer, July-August 2004.
http://www.cooperativegrocer.coop/articles/index.php?id=535
Lydia Gans, “Be Your Own Boss, Join a Collective,” Berkeley Daily
Planet, July 29, 2005
article-gans.pdf
(70KB)
Paul Hazen. “Statement of Paul Hazen, President, NCBA, Before the Senate
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition, and Consumer Rights,” hearing
on Hospital Group Purchasing: Lowering Costs at the Expense of Patient Health
and Medical Innovation? Apr. 30, 2002.
http://www.ncba.org/serv_pubp_test_senate.cfm
Traci Hukill, “A World Without Bosses?” Common Ground, July 2,
2005.
article-hukill.pdf
(110KB)
John W. Lawrence, “Raising Capital for Worker Cooperatives,” GEO
Newsletter, issue 74, April 2007.
article-lawrence.pdf
(84KB)
Jane Livingston, “U.S. Worker Co-ops Unite!” The Cooperative Grocer:
July-August 2004.
http://www.cooperativegrocer.coop/articles/index.php?id=534
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Tim McGowan, “CBJ Shares a Cup with Mr. Coffee, Rink Dickinson,” Cooperative Business Journal, Washington, DC: National Cooperative Business Association, March-April 2007, pp. 6-7.
article-mcgowan.pdf (400KB)
National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA), “Commitment
to Community – Case Studies: Agriculture Co-ops,” Co-op
Month Tool Kit. Washington, D.C.: NCBA: September, 2004.
article-ncba-agriculture.pdf
(41KB)
National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA), “Commitment
to Community – Case Studies: Credit Unions,” Co-op Month
Tool Kit. Washington, D.C.: NCBA: September 2004.
article-ncba-credit-unions.pdf
(51KB)
National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA), “Commitment
to Community – Case Studies: Food Co-ops,” Co-op Month
Tool Kit. Washington, D.C.: NCBA: September 2004.
article-ncba-food.pdf
(46KB)
National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA), “Commitment
to Community – Case Studies: Housing Co-ops,” Co-op
Month Tool Kit. Washington, D.C.: NCBA: September 2004.
article-ncba-housing.pdf
(38KB)
National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA), “Commitment
to Community – Case Studies: Rural Electric Co-ops,”
Co-op Month Tool Kit. Washington, D.C.: NCBA: September 2004.
article-ncba-rural-electric.pdf
(45KB)
National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA), “Commitment
to Community – Case Studies: Telecommunications Co-ops,”
Co-op Month Tool Kit. Washington, D.C.: NCBA: September 2004.
article-ncba-telecom.pdf
(36KB)
National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA), “Commitment
to Community – Case Studies: Worker Co-ops,” Co-op Month
Tool Kit. Washington, D.C.: NCBA: September 2004.
article-ncba-worker.pdf
(36KB)
Jessica Gordon Nembhard, “Non-Traditional Analyses of Cooperative Economic
Impacts: Preliminary Indicators and a Case Study.” Review of International
Co-operation, vol. 97, no. 1 (2004).
article-nembhard.pdf
(1.98MB)
Rinku Sen, “A New Window on the World,” Colorlines, issue 36, January-February
2007.
article-sen.pdf
(76KB)
Marilyn Scholl, “500 Co-ops in 10 Years!” Cooperative Grocer, July-August
2005, pp. 1-3.
article-scholl.pdf
(237KB)
David Van Deusen, Co-ops: Changing Employment in the Green Mountains,”
Z Magazine Online, vol. 19, no. 6, June 2006,
article-van-deusen.pdf
(100KB)
BOOKS
Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO, An Economy of Hope. Stillwater,
PA: GEO, 2000. Book is available for shipping fee at
http://www.geo.coop/archives/bkorder.htm
PAPERS
International Co-operative Information Centre, “The Massive Movement
that Grew from Rochdale’s Tiny Store.” Madison, WI: University of
Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives, 1994.
http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu/icic/orgs/ica/pubs/review/
vol-88/movement.html
Michelle Freundt, Comparative Study of Smaller-Scale Biodiesel Co-ops, Shelburne,
ON, Canada: Power Up Renewable Energy Co-operative, 2007.
paper-freundt.pdf (128KB)
Greg Lawless and Anne Reynolds, “Worker Cooperatives: Case Studies,
Key Criteria & Best Practices. Madison, WI: Univ. of Wisconsin Center for
Cooperatives, July 2004.
paper-lawless.pdf
(372KB)
National Cooperative Business Association, Cooperative Businesses In the United
States...A 2005 Snapshot, Washington, DC: National Cooperative Month Planning
Committee, December 2006.
paper-ncba.pdf
(152KB)
Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Alternative Asset Building in African American Communities:
Wealth Accumulation through Cooperative Ownership, College Park, MD: University
of Maryland, Sept. 20, 2006, paper presented for presentation in Phoenix, AZ:
CFED Assets Learning Conference—A Lifetime of Assets: Building Families,
Communities & Economies.
paper-nembhard.ppt
(PowerPoint presentation 67KB)
REPORTS
Rebecca Bauen, WAGES History and Lessons, 1995-2000. Oakland, CA: Women’s
Action to Gain Economic Security, 2001.
report-bauen.pdf
(129KB)
Neil F. Carlson, UHAB Comes of Age: Thirty Years of Self-Help Housing in New
York City, New York, NY: UHAB, 2004.
report-carlson.pdf
(881KB)
Coalition for Nonprofit Housing & Economic Development (CNHED), A Study
of Limited-equity Cooperatives in the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.:
CNHED, Spring 2004.
report-cnhed.pdf
(1.09MB)
Kerstin Larson et al., Using Worker-owned cooperatives to enhance the economic
well-being of rural residents, report for the United States Department of Agriculture,
Minneapolis, MN: Northcountry Cooperative Foundation, Center for Cooperative
Enterprise and Innovation, December 2004.
report-larson-et-al.pdf
(232KB)
John R. Dunn et al., Agricultural Cooperatives in the 21st Century.
US Dept. of Agriculture, Rural Business Service, Cooperative Information
Report no. 60, Washington, D.C.: USDA, November 2002.
report-dunn.pdf
(154KB)
Joe Folsom, Measuring the Economic Impact of Cooperatives in Minnesota.
USDA: Rural Business-Cooperative Service, RBS Research Report 200.
Washington, D.C. Dec. 2003.
report-folsom.pdf
(82KB)
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), The Cooperative
Promise: A Community and Economic Development Guidebook for Electric
Cooperatives. Arlington, VA: NRECA, 2003.
report-nreca.pdf
(849KB)
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), Electric Cooperatives
and Alternative Energy: A Snapshot. Arlington, VA: NRECA, October 2004.
report-nreca2.pdf
(528KB)
Kerstin Larson et al., Using Worker-owned cooperatives to enhance the economic
well-being of rural residents, report for the United States Department of Agriculture,
Minneapolis, MN: Northcountry Cooperative Foundation, Center for Cooperative
Enterprise and Innovation, December 2004.
report-larson-et-al.pdf
(232KB)
Northcountry Cooperative Foundation, In Good Company: A Guide to Cooperative
Employee Ownership, Minneapolis, MN: Northcountry, 2006.
report-lund-et-al.pdf
(492KB)
South Dakota Rural Electric Association (SDREA) and National Rural
Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), South Dakota Electric
Cooperatives’ Contribution to the State’s Economy, March
2003.
report-sdrea.pdf
(390KB)
Sally K. Ward, Charlie French, and Kelly Giraud, Building Value and Security
for Homeowners in “Mobile Home Parks:” A Report on Economic Outcomes,
Durham, NH: Carsey Institute, University of New Hampshire, December 2006.
report-ward-et-al.pdf (1.4MB)
Kimberly A Zeuli and Robert Cropp, Cooperatives: Principles and
Practices for the 21st Century. Madison: University of Wisconsin,
August 2004.
report-zeuli.pdf
(1MB)
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