The cooperative societies in the evolving regions Bucharest-Ilfov

Flavius Mihalache

Journal of Community Positive Practices, 2011, issue 2, 106-123

Abstract: The present article talks about one of the main organizations of ES, the cooperative societies. So, the sections from this study are oriented towards the economical characteristics of the cooperatives, the analyze of the economical activities in the context of the financial crisis that started after the year 2008 and also on the social importance of this organization inside the ES. A special part is dedicated to the presenting and identifying of the main problems that the cooperative sector is dealing with in present, from this point of view being identified two major elements: the present legislation and the difficult economical context. The results of the research underline the fact that the cooperative societies from the mentioned regions are characterized both by a negative evolution and also by the impossibility of assuring their own survival by the classical economical activities, being this way obliged to ask support from other new income sources. The data that are used in the study come from the qualitative and quantitative research made in the year 2010 for 235 entities in the regions Bucharest-Ilfov and South – East.

Keywords: cooperative societies; social economy; consumption cooperatives; craft cooperatives; agricultural cooperatives (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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