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I read lots of books on #coops, so I thought I would start writing short reviews of them for co-oppy people on #Bookwyrm. First up is this interesting book called Worker Cooperatives and Deep Democracy by Williams and Satgar. Its well worth a read.
https://bookwyrm.social/user/caribou/review/11387098#anchor-11387098
@caribou We've got a review of this book coming up next week, and we agree - definitely worth picking up.
@GEO_Collective I'll be interested to see what you think. Its always interesting to see what others take from these books!
For me it was the idea of democratic spillover. Which I appreciate wasn't the main thrust of the book, but yet feels so central to their idea.
As I see it: the skills of co-operators and the positive benefits of a more equal, trusting and prosperous community benefits everyone even if they're not a member (this is applying the idea of The Spirit Level from back in 2009, but more locally). I'd never thought to see co-ops as the germ around which these wider benefits coalesce, but yet it seems so obvious now.
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