Rethinking the Factors of Production for a World of Common Ownership and Sustainability

Cato, Molly Scott; North, Peter

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“…As a central concern for a post-capitalist project, the commons is not only reactive to capitalist enclosures but also generative of alternative social spheres of life that offer protection from market forces (De Angelis, 2007;Dolenec & Žitko, 2016;Scott Cato & North, 2016); of spaces of collective trust and care (Cumbers, 2015); and even of a co-operative commons (Korsár & Malmström, 2016;Kostakis & Bauwens, 2014) or a 'labour commons' (de Peuter & Dyer-Witheford, 2010; Vieta, 2016). For De Angelis (2007Angelis ( , 2010, it is the very pressures of ongoing enclosure that create opportunities for resistance out of which the possibility for transformational change is embedded.…”

Section: Post-capitalism and The Commons A New Left Agenda?mentioning

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“…We propose to further develop the concept of the new cooperativism with the goals of highlighting the transformative vision for alternative socio-economic realities prefigured by co-operative initiatives throughout the world today, underscoring their connections to the commons, and differentiating solidarity based and socially-focused co-operatives from strictly member-focused ones (Ridley-Duff, 2020;Vieta, 2010aVieta, , 2014bVieta, , 2016Vieta, , 2018. Examples of the new cooperativism exist in, for instance, numerous contemporary experiments in collective organisation of socio-economic life in Latin America and among indigenous communities throughout the Americas that respond to and move beyond neoliberal capitalism (e.g., Giovannini & Vieta, 2017;Gudynas, 2011;Peredo & Chrisman, 2006;Peredo et al, 2019;Scott Cato & North, 2016;Vieta & Heras, 2022). These examples show that co-operatives are most effective as transformative organisations when they go beyond the economistic paradigm and mutual benefits to members and take their cue from ethical values that ground their commitments within the wider community -the site of the commons -as a key component of their purpose (MacPherson, 2012;Miner & Novkovic, 2020;Vieta, 2014a;Vieta & Lionais, 2015).…”

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The new cooperativism, the commons, and the post-capitalist imaginary

Vieta,

Lionais

2022

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This article explores the intersection of the commons and co-operatives resonating with the concept and practices of today’s new cooperativism. We argue that the commons, understood as a transformative vision for the social stewardship of vital dimensions of social and economic life, is a key animator of the co-operative difference and that the new cooperativism re-establishes co-operatives within their radical commons heritage. We begin the article with a brief review of the history of co-operatives and their relationship to capitalism and crises. We then explore the issue of the commons as a unifying force of post-capitalistic thought and practice and connect it to the new cooperativism. To illustrate the possibilities inherent to the co-operative form for a more radical, post-capitalist vision, we then turn our attention to an illustrative case of new cooperativism today — Argentina’s worker-recuperated enterprises. This case demonstrates the potential vibrancy of commons-based co-operatives for a post-capitalist alternative, offering tantalising details of the new cooperativism in practice. The final section provides a discussion of new cooperativism’s possibilities for organising the commons and catalysing post-capitalist imaginaries.

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Section: Post-capitalism and The Commons A New Left Agenda?mentioning

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The new cooperativism, the commons, and the post-capitalist imaginary

Vieta,

Lionais

2022

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“…A. Smith et al, 2008;Neckel & Wagner, 2017;Cato & North, 2016). Further deficiencies 2 are becoming increasingly visible, e.g.…”

Section: Processes Of Socioecological Transformations and The Role Of Labourmentioning

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“…This often results in an overuse of workforce as well as precarious and insecure working conditions (e.g. A. Smith et al., 2008; Neckel & Wagner, 2017; Cato & North, 2016). Further deficiencies 2 are becoming increasingly visible, e.g.…”

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“…When in charge of their own skills, time and resources, workers can actively break with capitalist market logics that incentivise trading (human) resources at the lowest price possible (e.g. Cato & North, 2016). Thus, in addition to being a resourceful workforce, the workers also hold the role of entrepreneurs, and (transformative) labour agency is consciously translated into action.…”

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Transformative perspectives on labour geographies – The role of labour agency in processes of socioecological transformations

Grenzdörffer

2021

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Both geographical research on socioecological transformations and labour geography see decisive deficiencies in current capitalist structures centred around growth. To highlight possibilities of economic pluralism, both fields analyse diverse economic spaces within, next to and beyond capitalist structures. A basic assumption in transformation perspectives is that economic structures are not fixed, but can be transformed by people as economic actors. This corresponds to the concept of 'labour agency' from labour geography, i.e. that workers as active agents are able to (re)shape the structures they are embedded in.Despite those common perspectives, these threads of research coexist without having been intertwined. With a focus on wage labour, this paper addresses the potential for an integrative perspective illustrated by the example of companies owned/managed by workers. In charge of their own skills, time and resources, workers can actively break with prevalent market logics, which incentivise trading (human) resources at the lowest price possible. By rejecting core dynamics of capitalist structures, these companies illustrate the workers' potential key role in processes of socioecological transformations. Thus, the derived objectives of this paper are (1) to analyse and accentuateThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.

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