Exploring multiple drivers of cooperative governance: a paired case comparison of vegetable growing cooperatives in the UK and China

IF 1.5 4区经济学 Q3 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

International Food and Agribusiness Management Review Pub Date : 2022-03-28 DOI:10.22434/ifamr2020.0175

Q. Liang, Han Dong, A. Bailey, Weibin Hu, F. Jia

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Farmers’ collective action via cooperatives is critical to achieving a wide range of economic and social benefits that lead to sustainable development and enhance the welfare of rural communities. Adopting a qualitative case study method, the paper compares the development and governance attributes of two cooperatives and seeks to identify how non-economic conditions explain their differences. The cases are selected from the United Kingdom and China, representing different cultural and legislation contexts, to explore the role of culture and legislation in formulating the governance of farmer cooperatives. The results demonstrate that: (1) the formation of member groups due to considerable member heterogeneity may lead to the skewed allocation of control rights and income rights; (2) legislation play an important role in formulating the governance of cooperatives; and (3) national culture potentially has influence on cooperative governance, but direct evidence is in insufficient.

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探索合作治理的多重驱动因素:中英蔬菜种植合作社的配对案例比较

农民通过合作社采取集体行动，对于实现广泛的经济和社会效益，从而实现可持续发展和提高农村社区的福利至关重要。本文采用定性案例研究方法，比较了两个合作社的发展和治理属性，并试图确定非经济条件如何解释它们的差异。这些案例来自英国和中国，代表了不同的文化和立法背景，以探讨文化和立法在制定农民合作社治理中的作用。研究结果表明:(1)由于成员异质性较大，成员群体的形成可能导致控制权和收益权的倾斜配置;(2)立法在制定合作社治理方面发挥重要作用;(3)民族文化对合作治理有潜在影响，但直接证据不足。

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International Food and Agribusiness Management Review AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY-

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