Open Cooperatives

History

Josef Davies-Coates has developed a concept of open cooperatives which focuses on open and transparent non-hierarchical distributed governance and ownership. See: Open Co-ops: Inspiration, Legal Structures and Tools

Michel Bauwens developed a concept of open cooperatives that stresses the co-production of open commons. See: Why We Need a New Kind of Open Cooperativism for the P2P Age

More Information

• why we need Open Cooperatives: Why We Need a New Kind of Open Cooperativism for the P2P Age

• in-depth rationale: From the Communism of Capital to a Capital for the Commons