Centre for the Study of Co-operatives Seminar Series 2013-2014
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The 2013 F.J.H. Fredeen Memorial Scholarship Seminar
Monica Juarez Adeler, PhD
Winner, 2009 Fredeen Memorial Scholarship
Exploring Organizational Frameworks and Policy Environments to Support Co-operative Development:
A Comparative Experience
Monday, December 2
3:30 – 4:30 pm
Canada Room, Diefenbaker Building
U of S Campus
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This interdisciplinary presentation explores the remarkable co-operative development experience in Spain over the last 50 years, and compares it with the experience in Manitoba. To better understand the nature of an effective co-operative development process, this presentation explores the evolution of one particular organization in Spain, the Mondragon Group. This model reveals the importance of institutional frameworks and systems for co-operative development along with the development factors. Analyzing this well-known development story forces us to rethink assumptions found in much of the literature on co-operative and policy development, particularly with regard to the extent to which Mondragon's development is deeply embedded in and shaped by the cultural and institutional contradictions of its own unique environment. By paying particular attention to institutional frameworks (and the economic and socio-cultural conditions that shape them and are shaped by them), the presentation will analyze the conditions necessary for creating, sustaining, and developing co-operative businesses and the potential for creating those conditions in Manitoba.
In spring 2013 Monica earned her PhD in the Interdisciplinary Concentration in Co-operative Studies at the University of Saskatchewan. She is most appreciative of the Fredeen family for the scholarship that helped her complete her studies. Monica lives in Winnipeg with her partner, Brendan Reimer, and their two young children.
