Overview

This book explores the role of financial co-operative models in promoting and sustaining local development. Since the 2008 global financial crisis, there has been a great deal of disillusionment with the banking system, as well as a reaffirmation of the importance of a healthy society for the welfare of the individual. This edited volume argues that the crisis has shown the limits of the mainstream theory of markets and rational expectations, and therefore that new and innovative ways of providing finance are be needed, especially when strengthening the development of local societies. The volume assembles an international set of contributors, and combines theoretical contributions on co-operative finance and its role in local development with empirical investigations and case studies of the relationship between financial co-operative models and local development.

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Author:   Silvio Goglio (University of Trento, Italy) ,  Yiorgos Alexopoulos (Agricultural University of Athens, Greece)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   98
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9780415698375

ISBN 10:   0415698375
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   28 May 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Cooperative Finance and Sustainable Local Development Yiorgos Alexopoulos and Silvio Goglio Part 1: Stakeholder-Oriented versus Profit-Maximizing Banks 1. Cooperative Banking: A Minskyan Perspective Elisabetta De Antoni 2. Governance and Performance: Reassessing the Pre-Crisis Situation of European Banks Giovanni Ferri, Panu Kalmi and Eeva Kerola 3. Competition and Market Power within the Italian Banking System Juan S. López and Stefano Di Colli 4. Cooperative Capital: Why our World needs it Alan J. Robb, James H. Smith and J. Tom Webb Part 2: From Cooperative Banks to Local Societies 5. The Case for Proactive Cooperative Banks in Local Development: Innovation, Growth, and Community Building in Almería, Spain Cynthia Giagnocavo, Luis Fernández-Revuelta Pérez and David Uclés Aguilera 6. Cooperative Banks and Community Development in Japan Rosario Laratta and Sachiko Nakagawa 7. Homo Dictyous Transforms Homo Oeconomicus: The Social Network Culture of Hellenic Cooperative Banking in Crete Theodoros A. Katerinakis 8. Innovative Approaches to Generating and Using Cooperative Capital: Observations from France and Germany Amélie Artis and Holger Blisse 9. Re-Discovering a Paradigm: The Promotion of Savings by Credit Unions within the UK Policy Context of Asset-Based Welfare Anita Marchesini and Paul A. Jones 10. Microfinance and Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh: Challenges and Opportunities Mokbul Morshed Ahmad 11. Microcredit: A Model for Activating Poverty Zones in Mexico David Eduardo de la Cerda Garza, Miriam del Rocío Arredondo Barrera, Morayma Lizbeth Martín González and María de la Luz Bravo Santillán 12. Conclusions: A Tale of Two Models Yiorgos Alexopoulos and Silvio Goglio

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Silvio Goglio is Associate Professor at the University of Trento, Italy. Yiorgos Alexopoulos is based at Agricultural University of Athens, Greece.

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