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Introduction. 1. Work and cooperatives: A century of ILO interaction with the cooperative movement. 2. Cooperatives and the future of work. 3. Cooperatives and fundamental principles and rights at work: Natural disposition or commitment to action?. 4. The autonomy or heteronomy of cooperative worker ownership. 5. Work and employment in the informal economy and new forms of work: How can the cooperative model be an answer. 6. “Coffee has given us Power to Act”: Coffee cooperatives and women empowerment in Rwands rural areas A case study of Karaba coffee cooperative. 7. The changing cooperative landscape in the world of work: A study of women empowerment through participatory strategies in India. 8. Waste cooperatives in Brazil: Exploring links between cooperative ideals and raising gender awareness. 9. Cooperatives and trade unions: From occasional partners to builders of a solidarity-based society. 10. Saving jobs and businesses in times of crisis: The Italian road to creating worker cooperatives from worker buyouts. 11. Cooperatives of independent workers in Finland: A unique forum for self-employment. 12. Labour transformation and institutional re-arrangement in France: A preliminary study of a business and employment cooperative. 13. Multi-stakeholder cooperatives as a means for jobs creation and social transformation. 14. An internet of ownership: Democratic design for the online economy. Conclusion. Index
