Co-operative Commonwealth (society)

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A Co-operative Commonwealth is a society - real or hypothetical - based on cooperative and common-ownership principles. It is a recurring concept in Co-operative literature, and in Co-operative economics.

v • d • e Co-operatives Types of Cooperatives Agricultural cooperative · Building cooperative · Credit union · Consumers' cooperative · Cooperative banking · Cooperative federation · Cooperative union · Cooperative Wholesale Society · Food cooperative  · Housing cooperative · Mutual insurance · Retailers' cooperative · Social cooperative · Utility cooperative · Worker cooperative The Rochdale Principles Voluntary and open membership · Democratic member control · Member economic participation · Autonomy and independence · Education, training, and information · Cooperation among cooperatives · Concern for community Political and Economic Theories Cooperative federalism · Distributism · Owenism · Mutualism · Socialism · Social enterprise · Socially responsible investing Key Theorists Robert Owen · William King · The Rochdale Pioneers · G. D. H. Cole · Charles Gide · Beatrice Webb · Friedrich Raiffeisen · David Griffiths Organizations List of cooperatives · List of cooperative federations · List of worker cooperatives  · International Co-operative Alliance · Co-operativesUK · Co-operative Party