THE MEANING OF ROCHDALE: THE ROCHDALE PIONEERS AND THE CO-OPERATIVE PRINCIPLES

Brett Fairbairn

No 31778, Occasional Papers from University of Saskatchewan, Centre for the Study of Co-operatives

Abstract: Rochdale, England, is known by millions for one reason: a handful of labourers established a co-operative there in 1844 known as the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers. That co-operative was adopted as the inspiration and model for a movement that now includes nearly 700 million people around the world. As this paper is being written, co-operators around the world are preparing to celebrate the 150th anniversary of its birth. But what did Rochdale mean? Why is it considered so important?

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Pages: 55
Date: 1994
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.31778

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