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Structure and Culture: The Evolution of Irish Agricultural Cooperation

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  • MURTAGH, AISLING
  • WARD, MICHAEL

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Dairy cooperative structures in Ireland have evolved through time. Ireland’s twentieth century dairy cooperatives emerged in a market environment that is vastly different from the one in which they operate today. This paper looks firstly at the broad evolution of structural changes in Irish dairy cooperatives. It then examines the question of cooperative culture as a factor shaping the direction of change. The relevance of the “small is beautiful” thesis is briefly considered and we argue that it is too simplistic an approach for evaluation of dairy cooperatives today.

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  • Murtagh, Aisling & Ward, Michael, 2011. "Structure and Culture: The Evolution of Irish Agricultural Cooperation," Journal of Rural Cooperation, Hebrew University, Center for Agricultural Economic Research, vol. 39(2), pages 1-15.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:jlorco:163922
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.163922
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    1. Briscoe, Robert & Ward, Michael, 2006. "In Small Both Beautiful and Competitive? A Case Study of Irish Dairy Cooperatives," Journal of Rural Cooperation, Hebrew University, Center for Agricultural Economic Research, vol. 34(2), pages 1-20.
    2. Tim Lang, 1999. "The complexities of globalization: The UK as a case study of tensions within the food system and the challenge to food policy," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 16(2), pages 169-185, June.
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    2. Hogeland, Julie A., 2013. "From Agrarian to Global Values: How 20th Century U.S. Agricultural Cooperatives Came to Terms with Agricultural Industrialization," Journal of Rural Cooperation, Hebrew University, Center for Agricultural Economic Research, vol. 41(2), pages 1-18.

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