Why do farmers’ cooperatives fail in a market economy? Rediscovering Chayanov with the Chinese experience

Why do farmers’ cooperatives fail in a market economy? Rediscovering Chayanov with the Chinese experience

In The Theory of Peasant Cooperatives, Chayanov develops the theories of differential optima and vertical integration, which stress the vulnerability of peasant farming in capitalist markets, and argues that cooperatives can support smallholders only if they operate as ‘a cooperative movement’, are...

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Main Authors: HU, Zhanping, ZHANG, Qian Forrest, DONALDSON, John A.
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
Subjects:
peasant resilience
vertical integration
cooperatives
agribusiness
Chayanov
China
Agribusiness
Asian Studies
Rural Sociology
Sociology of Culture
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3649
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4907/viewcontent/WhydoFarmersCooperativesfail_av.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English

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