{"product_id":"building-a-community-controlled-economy-the-evangeline-co-operative-experience-paperback","title":"Building a Community-Controlled Economy: The Evangeline Co-operative Experience - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJack Quarter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePaul Wilkinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis case study focuses on and analyses the formation of four co-operatives in the Evangeline region, a small Acadian community in the southwest part of Prince Edward Island. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDefined by the authors as an 'integrated community-controlled economy, ' the Evangeline community demonstrates the potential that a network of interrelated co-operatives has for community economic development. More specifically, the authors discuss why some co-operatives succeed while others fail, and propose a model that outlines the element necessary for any comprehensive community economic-development process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilkinson and Quarter look at the Evangeline experiment in the context of two seemingly contradictory trends today: globalization and decentralization. They argue that the initiatives undertaken by the Evangeline community fit within the trend toward decentralization and community control. The citizens of the Evangeline region have formed a community-controlled economy, refusing to accept the conventional wisdom that a small community is not viable in a modern economy. The authors suggest that the Evangeline experiment shows that communities which are being marginalized in the modern world can take matters into their own hands and succeed where externally driven development has failed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJack Quarter\u003c\/b\u003e was a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePaul Wilkinson\u003c\/b\u003e is Community Outreach Manager with the Department of Social Services, Saskatoon Region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.96 x 6.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 16, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773408968992,"sku":"9780802078575","price":66.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cf8224e205811c9a92366e9a7c61e40b_f23761b2-7e46-4982-8bca-c4321bb0cc91.webp?v=1780426371","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/building-a-community-controlled-economy-the-evangeline-co-operative-experience-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}