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Why Did Most Cooperatives Fail? Spanish Agricultural Cooperation in the Early Twentieth Century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2007

SAMUEL GARRIDO
SAMUEL GARRIDO*
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Department of Economics, Jaume I University, 12071 Castellón, Spain
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Abstract

Cooperatives began contributing to the modernisation of European agriculture in the late nineteenth century but the rate at which they developed varied according to countries, regions, and crops. In Spain a large number were set up before the 1936−9 Civil War but few actually became consolidated entities. This paper analyses the Spanish case in an attempt to find the keys to the success or failure of cooperation. It focuses especially on the role played by the state and on the attitude shown by the different segments of farmers towards cooperatives.

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Rural History , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , October 2007 , pp. 183 - 200
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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