The New Mutualism in Public Policy (Routledge Studies in Business Organization and Networks, 15,)

Annotation Mutuality has become a topic of debate recently for a whole range of academics and social commentators. The 'demutualisation' of banks and building societies has been partnered by the idea of a 'new mutualism', forming a set of social values and beliefs, and this collection looks at the manifestations of these trends and the implications for the future Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of figures......Page 8 List of tables......Page 9 Notes on the contributors......Page 10 Introduction......Page 14 The economics of mutuality: a perpective on UK building societies......Page 27 Mutuality through credit unions: a cross-national approach......Page 54 Housing co-operatives and social exclusion......Page 73 Consumer co-operatives in retrospect and prospect......Page 85 Mutuality and public services: lessons from the 'new leisure trusts'......Page 108 Mutuality in insurance and social security: retrospect and prospect......Page 131 Farmer co-operatives: organisational models and their business environment......Page 145 Mutuals in regional economic development: Mondragon and Desjardins......Page 168 The competitive advantages of stakeholder mutuals......Page 184 Member participation in mutuals: a theoretical model......Page 215 The new mutualism and Labour's Third Way......Page 239 Conclusion: the future of mutuality......Page 256 Index......Page 264

Mutuality has become a topic of debate recently for a whole range of academics and social commentators. This collection looks at the manifestations of the trends of mutuality as a topic, and the implications for the future.

The mutual corporate form is very prevalent in financial services but much less common in other non-financial business areas.