Journal of Rural Cooperation

The Journal of Rural Cooperation (JRC) published articles, research reports and notes dealing with cooperatives and related rural organizations in developed and less developed countries. Topics of particular interest were cooperatives facing trends of globalization and privatization, the web of cooperative-community relationships, and cooperatives as part of such broader systems as mainstream economics, economies in transition, the social economy or related alternative paradigms.

Published on behalf of the Center for Agricultural Economic Research by the Hebrew University Magnes Press
Discontinued as of 2015

Editor-in-Chief:

Zvi Lerman, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Co-Editors:

Ayal Kimhi, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Michal Palgi, The Emek Yezreel College
Michael Sofer, Bar Ilan University

Editorial Advisory Board:

Johnston Birchall, Stirling University, U.K.
Yehuda Don, Bar Ilan University, Israel
Thomas Gray, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S.A.
Brent Hueth, University of Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Yoav Kislev, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Gideon Kressel, Ben Gurion University, Israel
Stanley Maron, Kibbutz Maayan Zvi, Israel
Yair Mundlak, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Robert D. Putnam, Harvard University, U.S.A.
Alan J. Robb, Saint Mary's University, Canada 
Richard Sexton, University of California, Davis, U.S.A.
Yohanan Stryjan, Sodertorns Hogskola, Sweden
Yao Yang, Peking University, China.

 

 

 

TABLES OF CONTENTS

2014
Vol. 42 Issue 1 (spring)
Vol. 42 Issue 2 (Fall)

2013
Vol. 41 Issue 1 (spring)
Vol. 41 Issue 2 (Fall)

2012
Vol. 40 Issue 1 (spring)
Vol. 40 Issue 2 (Fall)

2011
Vol. 39 Issue 1 (Spring)
Vol. 39 Issue 2 (Fall)

2010
Vol. 38 Issue 1 (Spring)
Vol. 38 Issue 2 (Fall)

2009
Vol. 37 Issue 1 (Spring)
Vol. 37 Issue 2 (Fall)

2008
Vol. 36 Issue 1 (Spring)
Vol. 36 Issue 2 (Fall)

2007
Vol. 35 Issue 1 (Spring)
Vol. 35 Issue 2 (Fall)

2006
Vol. 34 Issue 1 (Spring)
Vol. 34 Issue 2 (Fall)

2005
Vol. 33 Issue 1 (Spring)
Vol. 33 Issue 2 (Fall)

2004
Vol. 32 Issue 1 (Spring)
Vol. 32 Issue 2 (Fall)

2003
Vol. 31 Issue 1 (Spring)
Vol. 31 Issue 2 (Fall)

2002
Vol. 30 Issue 1 (Spring)
Vol. 30 Issue 2 (Fall)

2001
Vol. 29 Issue 1 (Spring)
Vol. 29 Issue 2 (Fall)

2000
Vol. 28 Issue 1 (Spring)
Vol. 28 Issue 2 (Fall)

1999
Vol. 27 Issue 1 (Spring)
Vol. 27 Issue 2 (Fall)

1999: Vol.27 No. 2

JOURNAL OF RURAL COOPERATION

Vol. 27 No. 2 1999

CONTENTS

1. ARTICLES
Page
Dependence on the State and the Crisis of the Kibbutz: The System of Concentrated Credit in the 1960s and 1970s
De Vries, D., and Shalem, E.
Abstract
  		87
Completing the Chain: Research-Extension-Farmer-Cooperatives - A Nigerian Experience
Lundborg, G.
Abstract
  		107
The Transformation of the Kibbutz: From a Classless to a Class Society
Rosolio, D.
Abstract
  		117
The Rise and Decline of the Israeli Moshav Cooperative: A Historical Overview
Schwartz, M.
Abstract
  		129
2. BOOK REVIEWS  
   
3. CURRENT INFORMATION  
Dissertation Abstracts  
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2000: Vol 28 No 1

JOURNAL OF RURAL COOPERATION

Vol. 28 No. 1 2000

CONTENTS

1. ARTICLES
Page
To Reconstruct Inequality: Remuneration for Work and Actors' Strategies to Increase Income in the Kibbutz
Achouch, Y.
Abstract
  		3
Farm Women's New Vocational Activities: Prospects and Problems of Women's Cooperatives and Small On-Farm Businesses in Greece
Gidarakou, I.
Abstract
  		19
The Principle of Temporary Residence in a Collective Community
Greenberg, O.
Abstract
  		39
Psycho-Social Approach to the Associated Worker Cooperativism in Andalusia, Spain
Romero, A.J.
Abstract
  		49
2. BOOK REVIEWS  
   
3. CURRENT INFORMATION  
Dissertation Abstracts  
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2000: Vol 28 No 2

JOURNAL OF RURAL COOPERATION

Vol. 28 No. 2 2000

CONTENTS

1. ARTICLES
Page
The Cooperative Difference? Social Auditing in Canadian Credit Unions
Brown, L.
Abstract
  		87
Cooperation and Globalization: Mutation or Confrontation
Cacerer, J., and Lowe, J.C.
Abstract
  		101
The Ambiguous Position of Cooperatives vis-a-vis the Issue of "Difference"
Levi, Y.
Abstract
  		121
An Atlantic Canada Perspective on Social Audit: Why do Cooperatives Embrace the Theory but not the Practice?
MacLean, M., and MacKinnon, B.
Abstract
  		137
Cooperative Change and the Myth of Rationality
Rokholt, P.O.
Abstract
  		149
Knowledge Intensive Business Sector and the Cooperative Form: A Study of Finnish Knowledge Intensive Cooperatives
Troberg, E.
Abstract

  		161
2. BOOK REVIEWS  
   
3. CURRENT INFORMATION  
Dissertation Abstracts  
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2001: Vol 29 No. 1

JOURNAL OF RURAL COOPERATION

Vol. 29 No. 1 2001

CONTENTS

 

1. ARTICLES

Page
Research on Women in Rural Israel: The Gender Gap
Motzafi-Haller, P.
Abstract
  		3
New Forms of Economic Cooperation in Family Agriculture: The Case of Condominios in Santa Catarina, Brazil
Moyano-Estrada, E., and Sacco dos Anjos, F.
Abstract
  		25
Entrepreneurship in the Kibbutz Setting: Towards A Classification of New Business Ventures
Samuel, Y., and Heilbrunn, S.
Abstract
  		47
The Development of Group Farming in Post-War Japanese Agriculture
Sarker, A., and Itch, T.
Abstract

  		63
2. BOOK REVIEWS  
   
3. CURRENT INFORMATION  
Dissertation Abstracts  

 

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2001: Vol 29 No 2

JOURNAL OF RURAL COOPERATION

Vol. 29 No. 2 2001

CONTENTS

1. ARTICLES
Page
Globalization and the "Cooperative Difference"
Levi Y.
Abstract
  		105
Be More Cooperative To Be More Competitive
Presno Amodeo, N.
Abstract
  		115
The Comperative Movement and the Agricultural Cooperatives in the Context of Globalization
Moreira, B.M.
Abstract
  		125
Solidary Economy: Challenges of Cooperative Agrarian Reform in Brazil
Eid, F. and Pimentel, A.E.B.
Abstract
  		141
Virtual Cooperatives in Brazil and the Globalization Process
Bialoskorski Neto, S.
Abstract
  		153
Agricultural Cooperatives and Dilemmas of Survival
Gray, T.W., Heffernan, W., and Hendrickson, M.
Abstract
  		167
Basic Dilemmas of Utopia in Comparative Perspective
Ben-Rafael, E.
Abstract
  		193
2. BOOK REVIEWS  
   
3. CURRENT INFORMATION  
Dissertation Abstracts  
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2002: Vol 30 No 1

JOURNAL OF RURAL COOPERATION

Vol. 30 No. 1 2002

CONTENTS

1. ARTICLES
Page
Agricultural Cooperatives in the County of Trento (Italy): Economic, Organizational and Legal Perspectives
Gios, G., and Santuari, A.
Abstract
  		3
Women's Agrotourist Cooperatives in Greece: Key Elements for Their Successful Operation
Lakovidou, O.
Abstract
  		13
Cooperative Societies in Greenland and Nunavik: A Lesson on the Importance of Supporting Structures
Winther, G., and Duhaime, G.
Abstract
  		25

Farmer Self-Organizing Innovation in the Marginal Areas of China: A Study of Farmer Communication Networks in Zhidan, Loess Plateau
Wu, B., Parnwell, M., and Bradley, P.
Abstract

 

42
2. BOOK REVIEWS  
   
3. CURRENT INFORMATION  
Dissertation Abstracts  
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2002: Vol 30 No 2

JOURNAL OF RURAL COOPERATION

Vol. 29 No. 1 2001

CONTENTS

1. ARTICLES

Page
Collective Entrepreneurship and Regional Development: Case Study of a New Brunswick Cooperative
Chouinard, O., and Forgues, E.
Abstract
  		79
The Contribution of the Community Cooperatives of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland to the Development of the Social Economy
Gordon, M.
Abstract
  		95
Farm Cooperatives and the Social Economy: The Case of Spain
Igual, J.F.J., and Mari Vidal, S.
Abstract
  		119
The Comparison of Kibbutz Productivity to National Statistics: Analysis and Remarks
Satt, E.
Abstract
  		135
2. BOOK REVIEWS  
   
3. CURRENT INFORMATION  
Dissertation Abstracts

 

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2003: Vol 31 No 1

JOURNAL OF RURAL COOPERATION

Vol. 31 No. 1 2003

CONTENTS

  Page
1. Cooperatives, Agrotourism and Women's Role: A selection of articles from the ICA Research Forum Conference held in Naoussa Imathias/Thessaloniki, Greece (9-12 May, 2002) on  Local Society and Global Economy: The Role of Cooperatives.

Editorial
 




3
Tourism and the Construction of Community Boundaries in a Galilee Kibbutz
Grossman, R.
Abstract
  		5
Women's Cooperatives in Greece and the Niche Market Challenge
Kazakopoulos, L. and Gidarakou, I.
Abstract
  		25
Women's Cooperatives in Greece: An On-going Story of Battles, Success and Problems
Koutsou, S., Iakovidou, O. and Gotsinas, N.
Abstract
  		47
Agritourism - In Search of Quality
Kovani, H.
Abstract
  		59
Cooperatives and Ecotourism: Complementarities and Limitations
Levi, Y.
Abstract
  		75
2. BOOK REVIEWS  
Chomel, A. (ed.), Cooperation et economie sociale au "second" XXe siecle: Claude Vienney (1929-2001) (les cahiers de l'economie sociale - No. 1)
Y. Levi
  		85
McDonagh, A.J., Renegotiating Rural Development in Ireland
M. Sofer
  		86
Suvantola, J., Tourist's Experience of Place
S. Krakover

  		88
3. CURRENT INFORMATION  
Dissertation Abstracts 91
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2003: Vol 31 No 2

JOURNAL OF RURAL COOPERATION

Vol. 31 No. 2 2003

CONTENTS

1. ARTICLES Page
Cooperative Competitiveness and Capital Structure in the Greek Dairy Industry
Ananiadis, Y., Notta, O. and Oustapassidis, K.
Abstract
  		95
 
Cooperative Child Care for Rural Residents: The Expertience from California
Coontz, E.K. and Esper, E
Abstract
  		111
Agricultural Cooperatives in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
Munkner, H.-H. and Jeon, H.-S.
Abstract
  		127
Educational Level and Training of Human Resources in Farm Cooperatives in the Knowledge-Based Society: An Empirical Study
Rodriguez Rodriguez, J. and Mozas Moral, A.
Abstract
  		145
2. BOOK REVIEWS
  		 
Hagedorn, K. (ed.), Environmental Cooperation and Institutional Change
Y. Don
  		167
Muhereza, F.E. and Otim, P.O., Pastoral Resource Competition in Uganda: Case Studies into Commercial Livestock Ranching and Pastoral Institutions
G. Kressel
  		169
Quarter, J., Mook, L. and Richmond, B.J., What Counts: Social Accounting for Nonprofits and Cooperatives
M. Rosner
  		171
Taylor, M. and Leonard, S. (eds.), Embedded Enterprise and Social Capital: International Perspectives
J. Quarter

  		173
3. CURRENT INFORMATION  
Dissertation Abstracts 175
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2004: Vol32 No 1

JOURNAL OF RURAL COOPERATION

Vol. 32 No. 1 2004

CONTENTS

1. ARTICLES
Page
Self-Help Farmer Cooperatives' Management of Natural Resources for Sustainable Development in Southwest Nigeria
Adeyemo, R.
Abstract 		3
How Culture Drives Economic Behavior in Cooperatives
Hogeland, J.A.
Abstract 		19
The "Renewed" Kibbutz
Manor, R.
Abstract 		37
Agricultural Cooperative Organizations in Greece throughout the
20th Century: A Critical Overview
Patronis, V. and Mavreas, K.
Abstract 		51
2. BOOK REVIEWS  
Birchall, J., Rediscovering the Cooperative Advantage: Poverty Reduction through Self-Help
S. Maron 		63
Steinnert, H. and Pilgram, A. (eds.), Welfare Policy from Below: Struggles Against Social Exclusion in Europe
P. Davis
  		65
3. CURRENT INFORMATION  
Dissertation Abstracts 69
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2004: Vol 32 No 2

JOURNAL OF RURAL COOPERATION

Vol. 32 No. 2 2004

CONTENTS

1. ARTICLES
Page
Governance and Social Cohesion in Credit Unions: A Rural and an Urban Acadian Credit Union in New Brunswick (Canada)
Chouinard, O. and Desjardins, P.M.
Abstract 		79
De/Reconstruction of Vaguely Defined Property Rights within New-Classical Discourse, and Cooperative Finance
Gray, T.W.
Abstract 		99
Agricultural Cooperativs in Japan: An Institutional Approach
Kurimoto, A.
Abstract 		111
Distributive Justice in Kibbutz Communities that have Changed
Rosner, M.
Abstract 		129
2. BOOK REVIEWS  
Hall, D. Morag, M. and Roberts, L. (eds.), New Directions in Rural Tourism
D. Grossman 		151
van Huylenbroeck, G., Multi-Functional Agriculture: A New Paradigm for European Agriculture and Rural Development
Y. Kislev 		154
Singh, B., Singh, S. and Singh Brar, J., Border Risk and Unemployment Dynamics
S. Maron 		157
3. CURRENT INFORMATION  
Dissertation Abstracts 159
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2005: Vol 33 No 1

JOURNAL OF RURAL COOPERATION

Vol. 33 No. 1 2005

CONTENTS

1. ARTICLES
Page
Development and prospects of the Greek Cooperative Credit System
Karafolas, S.
Abstract
  		3
The Social Economy: Approaches, Practices and a Proposal for a New Community-University Alliance (CURA)
Lévesque, B. and Mendell, M.
Abstract
  		21
A Comparative Synthesis of 20th Century Agricultural Cooperative Movements in Europe
Morales Gutiérrez, A.C., Romero Atela, T. and Muñoz Dueñas, D.
Abstract
  		47
Agricultural and Rural Cooperative Viability: A Management Strategy Based on Cooperative Principles and Values
Novkovic, S. and Power, N.
Abstract

  		67
2. BOOK REVIEWS  
Cote, D. (ed.),Les holdings cooperatifs: evolution ou transformation definitive?
Y. Levi
  		79
Davis, P. , Human Resource Management in Cooperatives, Theory, Process and Practice
S. Maron
  		82
Kressel, G.M., Let Shepherding Endure: Applied Anthropology and the Preservation of a Cultural Tradition in Israel and the Middle East
D. Rabinowitz
  		84
 
3. CURRENT INFORMATION  
Dissertation Abstracts 87
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2005: Vol 33 No 2

JOURNAL OF RURAL COOPERATION

Vol. 33 No. 2 2005

CONTENTS

  Page
From the Editor
Yair Levi
  		95
1. ARTICLES
 
Mature Cooperative Groups Seeking New Identities: The Case of Belgium
Develtere, P. and Raymaekers, P.
Abstract 		97

Entrepreneurship, Social Capital and Community Development: The Case of the Israeli Kibbutz
Heilbrunn, S.
Abstract
 
111
The Journal of Rural Cooperation in Perspective: An Editorial Overview
Levi. Y.
Abstract
  		127
The Organizational Nature of Agricultural Cooperatives: A Perspective from the Farm
Problem Theory
Valentinov, V.
Abstract 		139

  		 
2. BOOK REVIEWS  
Holloway, L. and Kneafsey, M. (eds.), Geographies of Rural Cultures and Societies: Perspectives on Rural Policy and Planning
I. Amit-Cohen
  		153
Labriandis, L. (ed.), The Future of Europe's Rural Peripheries
Y. Don
  		154
Leimgruber, W., Between Global and Local - Marginality and Marginal Regions in the Context of Globalization and Deregulation
M. Topel
  		156
 
3. CURRENT INFORMATION  
Dissertation Abstracts 161
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2006: Vol 34 No 1

JOURNAL OF RURAL COOPERATION

Vol. 34 No. 1 2006

CONTENTS

1. ARTICLES
Page
Agricultural Cooperative Enterprise in the Transition from Socialist Collective Farming
Gardner, B. and Lerman, Z.
Abstract
  		1
Competitive Equilibrium of an Industry with Labor Managed Firms and Price Risk
Bar-Shira, Z., Finkelshtain, I., and Simhon, A.
Abstract
  		19
Merger as a Formula to Establish European Cooperative Societies
Melia Marti, E. and Martin Sanchez, D.
Abstract
  		43
Agricultural and Co-Operativism, a Persistent Duality: The Case of Denmark
Jakobsen, G..
Abstract

  		67
3. CURRENT INFORMATION  
Dissertation Abstracts 99
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2006: Vol 34 No 2

JOURNAL OF RURAL COOPERATION

Vol. 34 No. 2 2006

CONTENTS

A selection of articles presented at the XXI International Co-operatives Research Conference on The Contribution of Co-operatives to Community Culture, held at the Center for Co-operative Studies, University College Cork, Ireland (11-14 August 2005) Page
Editorial
Levi, Y.                    
117
Is Small Both Beautiful and Competitive? A Case of Irish Dairy
Briscoe, R. and Ward, M.
Abstract
  		119
Cooperatives as Social Policy Means for Creating Social Cohesion in Communities
Dobrohoczki, R.
Abstract
  		139
Theorizing "Producer-led" versus "Investor led" Dairy Cooperatives; A Regulationist Perspective
Enright, P. and Bowler, I.
Abstract
  		161
Risk Management in Lithuanian and Irish Credit Unions: Trends and Impacts on Credit Union Development
Kaupelyte, D. and McCarthy, O.
Abstract
  		179
The Practice of Social Enterpreneurship: Theory and the Swedish Experience
Stryjan, Y.
Abstract
  		195
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2007: Vol 35 No 1

JOURNAL OF RURAL COOPERATION

Vol. 35 No. 1 2007

CONTENTS

 

1. ARTICLES

Page
Measuring the Local Economic Impact of Cooperatives
Kimberly Zeuli and Steven Deller
Abstract
  		1 
Women's Cooperatives and their Contribution to the Local Development of the North Aegean Region, Greece
Hristos Vakoufaris, Thanasis Kizos, Ioannis Spilanis, Maria Koulouri and Anna Zacharaki
Abstract
  		19
Co-operative Organisational Models: Changing Patterns in the New Zeland Dairy Co-operatives
Jerker Nilsson
Abstract
  		43
Wine Roads in Greece: A Cooperation for the Development of Local Tourism in Rural Areas
Simeon Karafolas
Abstract

  		71
2. BOOK REVIEWS  
Wansink, B.  - Marketing Nutrition: Soy, Functional Foods, Biotechnology and Obesity. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2005, 209 pages.
Amir Heiman and Chezy Ofir 		91
Motzafi-Haller, P. (ed.) Women in Agriculture in the Middle East. Aldershot, England: Ashgate Publishing, 2005, 177 pages.
David Grossman

  		95
3. CURRENT INFORMATION  
Dissertation Abstracts

 

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2007: Vol 35 No 2

JOURNAL OF RURAL COOPERATION

Vol. 35 No. 2 2007

CONTENTS

 

Obituary: Yair Levi (1923-2007)

1. ARTICLES

Page
Comparing the Productive Efficiency of Cooperatives and Private Enterprises: The Portuguese Wine Industry as a Case Study
Carlos Pestana Barros and J.C. Gomes Santos
Abstract
  		109 
Toward a New Definition of Community Partnership: A Three-Dimensional Approach
Orna Shemer and Hillel Schmid
Abstract
  		123 
Are Cooperatives Hybrid Organizations? An Alternative Viewpoint
Vladislav Valentinov and Jana Fritzsch
Abstract
  		141
Annual Report Readership: A Study of an Agricultural Supply Cooperative
Yvonne P. Shanahan, Beverley R. Lord and Alan J. Robb
Abstract

  		157
2. BOOK REVIEWS  
Little, J., and Morris, C. (eds.) Critical Studies in Rural Gender Issues Aldershot, England: Ashgate Publishing, 2005, 172 pages.
Amalya Rimalt 		181
de Noronha Vaz, T., Morgan, E.J., and Nijkamp, P. (eds) The New European Rurality: Strategies for Slmall Firms. Burlington, Vermont, Ashgate Publishing, 2006, 291 pages.
Gideon M. Kressel

  		183
3. CURRENT INFORMATION  
Dissertation Abstracts

 

CONTENTS

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2008: Vol 36 No 1

JOURNAL OF RURAL COOPERATION

Vol. 36 No. 1 2008

CONTENTS

 

Page
Editorial
Catherine Murray
  		1 
Social Capital and Cooperation in Central and Eastern Europe - A Framework for Research on Governance
Catherine Murray
Abstract
  		3
Is Network Governance Possible? The Case of Polish Drawienski National Park, Poland
Piotr Matczak
Abstract
  		21
Shifting Governance in Slovensky Raj National Park
Tatiana Kluvankova-Oravska and Veronika Chobotova
Abstract
  		39
Leadership and Importance of Social Capital in Cooperatives During Transition: A Case Study of Two Cooperatives
Csaba Forgacs
Abstract
  		57
Agricultural Producer Groups in Poland: Empirical Survey Results
 Ilona Banaszak
Abstract
  		73
The Governance of Cooperation: Policy Implications for Rural Central and Eastern Europe
 Catherine Murray, Volker Beckmann, and Annette Hurreimann
Abstract
  		87

 

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2008: Vol 36 No 2

JOURNAL OF RURAL COOPERATION

Vol. 36 No. 2 2008

CONTENTS

 

1. ARTICLES

Page
Measuring Total Factor Productivity Change for Agricultural Cooperatives in Japan: A Nonparametric Malmquist Indices Approach
Katsunobu Kondo, Yasutaka Yamamoto, and Jun Sasaki
Abstract
  		101
The Life Cycle of Agricultural Cooperatives: Implications for Management and Governance in Ethiopia
Gian Nicola Francesconi and Ruerd Ruben
Abstract
  		115
Process Innovation Activity in a Mixed Oligopsony: The Role of Marketing Cooperatives
Kyriakos Drivas and Konstantinos Giannakas
Abstract
  		131
Rural Supply and Marketing Cooperatives in China: Historical Development, Problems, and Reform
Xiangyu Guo, Todd M Schmit, and Brian M. Henehan
Abstract
  		157
2. BOOK REVIEWS   
Grigory Ioffe, Tatyana Nefdova, and Ilya Zaslavsky, The End of Peasantry? The Disintegration of Rural Russia. University of Pittsburg Press, 2006, 249 pages.
Yoav Kislev
  		175
Michael Woods. Contesting Rurality; Politics in the British Countryside. Aldershot, Hampshire, England: Ashgate, 2005, 209 pages.
Levia Applebaum
  		178
Guy M. Robinson (ed.). Sustainable Rural Systems: Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Communities (Perspectives on Rural Policy & Planning Series). Aldershot, Hampshire, England: Ashgate, 2008, 200 pages.
Michael Sofer
  		180
Jorgen Ole Baerenholdt and Brynhild Granas (eds.). Mobility and Place: Enacting Northern European Peripheries. Aldershot, Hampshire, England: Ashgate, 2008, 272 pages.
Aharon Kellerman
  		182
3. CURRENT INFORMATION  
Dissertation Abstracts 185
Call for Papers 192

 

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Vol. 37 No. 1 2009

CONTENTS

  Page
Editorial
Vardan Urutyan  		1 
The Transformation of Agricultural Production Cooperatives in East Germany and Their Future
Alex Wolz, Michael Kopsidis and Klaus Reinsberg
Abstract
  		5
Are Co-Operatives a Way to Integrate Small Farmers in Supply Chain Networks? Preliminary Thoughts on Hungary
Jon H. Hanf and Timea Torok
Abstract
  		20
Possible Ways of Market Coordination and Integration in the Hungarian Dairy Sector
Gabor G. Szabo and Peter Popovic
Abstract
  		32
Difficulties for the Development of Agricultural Cooperatives in Russia: The Case of the Kurgan Region Svetlana Golovina and Jerker Nilsson
Abstract
  		52
Preferences for Rural Credit Systems and their Impact on the Implementation of Credit Unions in Georgia 
Klaus Glenk, Johanna Pavliashvili and Adriano Profeta
Abstract
  		71
Farmer Organizations in Armenia's Agricultural Development
 Artur Grigoryan, Tigran Hakhnazaryan and Nana Afranaa Kwapong
Abstract
  		87
Farmers' Choices Among Alternative Dairy Marketing Channels in Armenia: Can Appropriately Designed ODA Substitute for FDI? 
Hamish Gow, Aleksan Shanoyan and Jack Cocks
Abstract
  		100
Heterogeneity, Specialization and Social Cohesion in Israeli Moshav Cooperatives 
Ayal Kimhi
Abstract
  		124
   
   

 

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2009: Vol 37 No 2

JOURNAL OF RURAL COOPERATION

Vol. 37 No. 2 2009

CONTENTS

  Page
Editorial
Richard J. Sexton 
  		139 
Antitrust Legislation and Cooperation in Fish Marketing
Yael Kachel and Israel Finkelshtain
Abstract
  		143
Overconfidence and Hubris: The Demoise of Agricultural
Co-operatives in Western Canada
Murray Fulton and Kathy Larson
Abstract
  		166
Cooperatives and Quality-Differentiated Markets: Strenghs
Weaknesses, and Modeling Approaches
Pierre R. Merel, Tina L. Saitone and Richard J. Sexton
Abstract
  		201
Russian Agricultural Producers' Views of Top-Down Organized
Cooperatives
Svetlana Golovina and Jerker Nilsson
Abstract
  		225
The Impact of Chage in the Kibbutz on Risk-Taking of Enterpreneurs 
Liema Davidovich, Sibylle Heilbrunn and Avraham Polovin
Abstract
  		242
Role of Financial Variables in Explaining the Profitability of North
Dakota Farm Supply and Grain Marketing Cooperatives
 Gregory McKee, Saleem Shaik and Michael Boland
Abstract
  		261

 

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Vol. 38 No. 1 2010

CONTENTS

Editorial 
Ayal Kimhi
1. ARTICLES

Page
1

Agricultural Cooperatives and Unions of Cooperatives in Bosnia and
Herzegovina: Opportunities for Improvement in Providing Services and Educational
Programs for Farmers
James C. Hanson, Miodrog Matavulj, Gregory Manzuk and
Abstract
  		3 
A Comparative Analysis of Antitrust Regulations in the Agricultural Sector in
Israel, the US and the EU
Yael Kachel and Israel Finkelshtain
Abstract
  		20 
Compliance with Rules and Sanctions in Producer Groups in Poland
Ilona Banaszak and Volker Beckmann
Abstract
  		55
Spurring Dairy Buffalo Development in the Philippines through
Cooperatives, Negotiations, and Networks
Eric P. Palacpac
Abstract
  		70
2. CURRENT INFORMATION  
Dissertation Abstracts 87
Referee Acknowledgement 116

 

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CONTENTS

1. ARTICLES

Page
The Transformation of Agricultural Producer Cooperatives: The
Case of Vietnam
Axel Wolz and Pham Bao Duong
Abstract
  		117
Analysis of the Factors of Farmers' Participation in the Management
of Cooperatives in Finland
Liu Yu Xiang and John Sumelius
Abstract
  		134
Aspects of Weakening Cooperation in the Israeli Moshav
Giora Ben-Dror and Michael Sofer
Abstract
  		156
Impact of Group-Based Microfinance on the Income of
Rural Households: Evidence from the Indian State
Debadutta Kumar Panda and Hrudananda Atibudhi
Abstract
  		173
Contributions of Informal Savings and Credit Institutions to
Rural Development: Evidence from Nigeria
Otumide Oyewole Akinrinola and Taiwo Ejiola Mafimisebi
Abstract
  		187
2. CURRENT INFORMATION  
Dissertation Abstracts 203

 

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2011: Vol 39 No 1

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Vol. 39 No. 1 2011

CONTENTS

 

1. ARTICLES

Do Institutional Incentives Matter for Farmers to Join Cooperatives: 
A Comparison of Two Chinese Regions.

Tursinbek Sultan and Karin Larsén

Abstract 		1-18

Liberal Cooperatives and Microfinance in India:
Diagnostic Study of a Cooperative Federation.

Tara S. Nair and Rutwik Gandhe

Abstract 		19-34

Financial Cooperatives: Problems and Challenges in the Post-Crisis Era

Yiorgos Alexopoulos, Silvio Goglio

Abstract 		35-48

The Impact of Market Imperfections on Heterogeneous Firm Output Productivity and Profit.

Pavel Ciaian, d’Artis Kancs

Abstract 		49-72
Book Review

Anders Linde-Laursen. Bordering: Identity Processes between the National and Personal, Ashgate, 2010, 314 pages 
Gideon Biger

73
3. CURRENT INFORMATION
Dissertation Abstracts 75

 

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Vol. 39 No. 2 2011

CONTENTS

1. ARTICLES

The Rise OF New Farmer Cooperatives in China:
Evidence from Hubei Province 

Jos Bijman and Dinghuan Hu

Abstract 		98

Credit through Rural Credit Partnerships for Agricultural Producers in Kazakhstan

Sholpan Gaisina

Abstract 		114

Free Riding or Trust? Why Members (do not) Monitor Their Cooperatives

Jerker Nilsson and Gert Tinggaard Svendsen

Abstract 		131

Structure and Culture: The Evolution of Irish Agricultural Cooperation

Aisling Murtagh and Michael Ward

Abstract 		151
Book Review

John Connell and Phil McManus. Rural Revival? Place Marketing, Tree Change and Regional Migration in Australia, Ashgate, 2011, 196 pages 
Michael Sofer

166

Michael Neuman. The Imaginative Institution: Planning and Governance in Madrid, Ashgate, 2010, 238 pages 
Talia Margalit

168
3. CURRENT INFORMATION
Dissertation Abstracts 174

 

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Vol. 40 No. 1 2012

CONTENTS

1. ARTICLES

THE ROLE OF CREDIT UNIONS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES IN CANADA

Fortunate Mavenga and M. Rose Olfert

Abstract 		1

COMMUNICATION IN SWISS FARMING COOPERATIVES

Martin Dobricki and Markus Lips

Abstract 		29

THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION COOPERATIVES IN RUSSIA

Svetlana Golovina, Jerker Nilsson, and Axel Wolz

Abstract 		44

ON THE RELATIVE DISADVANTAGE OF COOPERATIVES: VERTICAL PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION IN A MIXED OLIGOPOLY

Dieter Pennerstorfer and Christoph R. Weiss

Abstract 		60
2. BOOK REVIEWS

Michal Palgi and Shulamit Reinharz One Hundred Years of Kibbutz Life: A Century of Crises and Reinvention,New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 2011, 330 pages
Zelda F. Gamson

91

Lale Yal?in-Heckmann The Return of Private Property: Rural Life and Agrarian Reform in the Republic of Azerbaijan, Halle Studies in the Anthropology of Eurasia, Berlin: Lit Verlag and New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 2010, 236 pages
Zvi Lerman

95
3. CURRENT INFORMATION
Dissertation Abstracts 98
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CONTENTS

1. ARTICLES

HOW CAN COOPERATIVES REDUCE DEMOCRATIC COSTS WITHOUT INCURRING EXCESSIVE AGENCY COSTS?

Daniela Maria Pozzobon, Decio Zylbersztajn, and Jos Bijman

Abstract 		119

THE VALUE OF A NORM: OPEN MEMBERSHIP AND THE HORIZON PROBLEM IN COOPERATIVES

Murray Fulton and Konstantinos Giannakas

Abstract 		145

IMPLICATIONS OF THE COOPERATIVE ORGANIZATIONAL FORM FOR VERTICAL EXPANSION

Jeffrey Royer

Abstract 		162

THE EFFECTS OF UNCERTAINTY AND CAPITAL SOURCE ON COOPERATIVE FIRM LEVERAGE

Gregory McKee and Ryan Larsen

Abstract 		181

THE IMPORTANCE OF COOPERATIVES'  CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO THE LOYALTY OF MEMBERS

Fabiana Cherubim Bortoleto and Davi Rogério de Moura Costa

Abstract 		198

NON-ECONOMIC DRIVERS INFLUENCING FARMERS' INCENTIVES TO COOPERATE: DO THEY REMAIN ROBUST THROUGH POLICY CHANGES?

Daniel E. May

Abstract 		217

AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA AND VIETNAM SINCE DECOLLECTIVIZATION: A MULTI-STAKEHOLDER APPROACH

TTursinbek Sultan and Axel Wolz

Abstract 		239
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Vol. 41 No. 1 2013

CONTENTS

1. ARTICLES

AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES IN POST-WAR BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS AFFECTING COOPERATIVE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Cynthia Barmore, and Graduate Fellow

Abstract 		1

STRATEGIES FOR AGRICULTURAL COOPERATION IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA

Qiao Li, Jianhua Wang and Patrick H. Mooney

Abstract 		27

GENERIC BUSINESS STRATEGIES IN GREECE: PRIVATE FOOD FIRMS VERSUS AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES

Helen E. Salavou and Panagiota Sergaki

Abstract 		44

RURAL PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN UGANDA: ARE THERE GENDER DISPARITIES IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS?

Edidah Ampaire, Charles Machethe and Eliud Birachi

Abstract 		60

FROM COLLECTIVISM TO CAPITALISM: CULTURAL CHANGE IN A KIBBUTZ FACTORY IN ISRAEL

Yaffa Moskovich and Yuval Achouch

Abstract 		80
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Vol. 41 No. 2 2013

CONTENTS

1. ARTICLES

FROM AGRARIAN TO GLOBAL VALUES: HOW 20TH CENTURY U.S. AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES CAME TO TERMS WITH AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIALIZATION

Julie A. Hogeland

Abstract 		97

COOPERATIVES AND POVERTY REDUCTION: A LITERATURE REVIEW

Nana Afranaa Kwapong and Markus Hanisch

Abstract 		114

EXAMINING ECONOMIES OF SCALE FOR FARMER COOPERATIVES IN CHINA'S SHANXI PROVINCE

Jing Liu and DeeVon Bailey

Abstract 		147

MEMBER WILLINGNESS TO INVEST IN AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES IN SHAANXI PROVINCE, CHINA

Lijia Wang and Xuexi Huo

Abstract 		176

MOBILIZATION OF PERSONAL SAVINGS AMONG MICROFINANCE-PARTICIPATING HOUSEHOLDS: A SURVEY IN WEST BENGAL, INDIA

Amit Kundu

Abstract 		199
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Vol. 42 No. 1 2014

CONTENTS

1. ARTICLES

Agricultural cooperatives in Israel

Gadi Rosenthal and Hadas Eiges

Abstract 		1

Spanish second-tier cooperative societies: An analysis of e-corporate social responsibility

Adoración Mozas-Moral, Raquel Puentes-Poyatos, and Enrique Bernal-Jurado.

Abstract 		30

Rural household saving determinants in Kazakhstan

Sholpan Gaisina

Abstract 		60

Impact of a marketing cooperative on cocoa producers and intermediaries: The case of the Acopagro cooperative in Peru

Angie Higuchi

Abstract 		80
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Vol. 42 No. 2 2014

CONTENTS

1. ARTICLES

Methodologies to Measure the Economic Impact of Cooperatives: A Critical Review

F. Nicoleta Uzea

Abstract 		101

Willingness to Invest in Agricultural Cooperatives: Evidence from Greece

Achilleas Kontogeorgos, Fotios Chatzitheodoridis, and George Theodossiou

Abstract 		122

Adaptation of South African Wine Cooperatives to Challenging Business Environments

Joachim Ewert, Jon H. Hanf, and Erik Schweickert

Abstract 		139

Role of Farmers’ Cooperative Societies in Rural Development in Nigeria

Franklin E. Nlerum and Patience I. Ogu

Abstract 		154

Changes in a kibbutz plant’s life cycle induced by cultural change

Yaffa Moskovich and Yuval Achouch

Abstract 		163

Gendered division of labor in a post-privatization moshav: A case study from southern Israel

Avi Shnider

Abstract 		181
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