International Journal in Management & Social Science
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 9

The cooperative society-an archetypal of socialism within a capitalist society

  • Author:
  • N. Ansuman
  • Total Page Count: 11
  • Page Number: 55 to 65

Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Madras Christian College

Online published on 15 March, 2019.

Abstract

The study focuses on the imperatives and functions of a cooperative society. The aim is to understand the nuances of a Cooperative system and its socialistic principles in a capitalistic macrocosm which has been like the egg or the chicken causality dilemma or a paradox, but the fact remains that it is successful in most parts of the world. During importunate times of financial crisis, capitalism seems to be an easy alternate to resolve economic pitfalls but empirical research and case study offers one model of alternative business organization in which the effect of a cooperative system demonstrates how a social enterprise gives rise to a democratic management practice bringing about equitable outcomes and sustainable standards. This article focuses on the concepts of the cooperative system and also reviews cases of three successful cooperative models. The study analyzed the harmful effects of Capital and the Debt Trap, which recapitulated evidence claiming that cooperatives tend to last longer and are less susceptible to perverse incentives and other problems of organizational governance than other systems of organizations.

Keywords

Cooperative society, social enterprise, democratic, equitable outcomes