Resources

Organizations

Center for Cooperatives at University of California
One Shields Drive
Davis, CA 95616
http://cooperatives.ucdavis.edu

Cooperative Development Foundation
1401 New York Ave, NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005
http://www.cdf.coop/mission

Cooperative Development Institute
277 Federal Street
Greenfield, Massachusetts, 01301
http://www.cdi.coop/

The ICA Group
One Harvard Street, Suite 200
Brookline, MA 02445
http://www.ICA-Group.org

National Cooperative Bank
NCB Development Corporation
1725 Eye Street, NW Suite 600
Washington, DC 20006
http://www.ncb.com

National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA)
1401 New York Avenue, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 2005-2160
http://www.ncba.org

The University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives
230 Taylor Hall
427 Lorch Street
Madison, WI 53706
http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu

Suggested Reading:

Bauen, Rebecca. 1996. "Las Flores Metalarte: Creating Community Jobs in Puerto Rico." Boston: ICA Group. Case Study.

Haynes, Jr., Curtis and Jessica Gordon Nembhard. 1999. "Cooperative Economics: A Community Revitalization Strategy." Review of Black Political Economy 27(1).

How to Organize a Cooperative. 1990. Washington D.C.: National Cooperative Bank, and National Cooperative Business Association.

Megson, James D. and Michael O'Toole. 1993. Employee Ownership: The Vehicle for Community Development and Local Economic Control. Boston: ICA Group.

Schaars, Marvin A. 1980. Cooperative Principles and Practices. Madison: University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives.

Whyte, William F. and Kathleen K. Whyte. 1991. Making Mondragon Work: The Growth and Dynamics of the Worker Cooperative Complex. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University.

Zimbelman, Karen, E. Kim Coontz, and Audrey Malan. 2000 . Steps to Starting a Marketing Co-op . Center for Cooperatives, University of California.