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The Model of Open Cooperativism investigates the potential of open-source technologies and the digital commons in transforming the economic landscape. Drawing from the "Techno-Social Innovation in the Collaborative Economy" research project, the book presents case studies such as Tzoumakers (Greece), Open Food Network (Australia), CoopCycle (France), and Circles UBI (Germany). These case studies illustrate alternative business models, including platform cooperatives and Distributed Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), that challenge traditional capitalist paradigms. Through a blend of theoretical insights and empirical analysis, the book critically examines success factors, challenges, and the broader implications of a commons-oriented post-capitalist transition. Praise A quietly radical reframing of the digital economy. Papadimitropoulos offers a coolly intelligent and timely call to reach beyond platform cooperatives toward a broader ecosystem linking cooperative ownership, digital commons, and peer production across the digital stack. A sharp perspective for an AI-driven economy. -Trebor Scholz, The New School, USA. The Model of Open Cooperativism represents a cogent mastery of the foundational philosophies of capitalism, postcapitalism, and the commons. Papadimitropoulos moves beyond uncritical advocacy and dismissal by engaging debates across disciplines and grounding theory in empirical examples, positioning open cooperatives as a credible new frontier for institutional and economic experimentation. -Stefan Ivanovski, Cornell University, USA. About the Author Vangelis Papadimitropoulos is an adjunct lecturer at Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece, and a postdoc researcher at Panteion University, Athens, Greece, specializing in the intersection of epistemology, political theory, digital commons, cooperative economies, and open-source technologies. If you would like to review this book, wright to me at: [email protected] Sample reviews can be found at http://sdonline.org Click on archive and then go to back issues. George Snedeker Book Review Editor -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#43514): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/43514 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/121430998/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
