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Spółdzielczość na nowo. Kooperatyzm jako potencjalna przestrzeń budowania podmiotowości obywatelskiej
Co-operatives Revisited: Co-operativism as a Potential Space for Building Civic Subjectivity

Author(s): Weronika Skorupska
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: cooperativism; platform cooperativism; food cooperatives; civic subjectivity

Summary/Abstract: This article addresses the issue of new cooperativism in Poland. The research objective was to describe and thereby gain a better understanding of a new form of exercising civic agency through cooperative institutions, particularly in the context of rapid technological change and the development of the digital society. Another objective was to conduct a preliminary assessment of the potential of new cooperativism as a space for building civic agency, especially in Poland, where cooperative traditions are rich but currently require adaptation to the realities of the 21st century. A case study was conducted, analysing the narratives and contents of materials produced by cooperatives, including internal and organisational documents, websites, and social media.

  • Issue Year: 2026
  • Issue No: 97
  • Page Range: 63-85
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish
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