Zgodovina zadružništva v Sloveniji (1856–1992) [History of Cooperatives in Slovenia, 1856–1992]. By Žarko Lazarević, Marta Rendla, Janja Sedlaček.

The History of the Cooperative Societies in Slovenia (1856Slovenia ( -1992) ) offers a comprehensive overview of the history of the Slovenian cooperative movement from the mid-nineteenth century to the establishment of the independent Slovenian state in 1992.arko Lazarevi, Marta Rendla, and Janja Sedlaek, experts in economic history from the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Nova Gorica and researchers at the Institute of Contemporary History in Ljubljana, have undertaken a significant task.The project is multifaceted, involving two primary aspects: geographical and that of social and political history.' A History of Cooperatives in Slovenia, ' does not fully reflect the complexity of the authors' intentions.Considering the significant changes that the concept and content of cooperatives underwent between 1856 and 1992, it is necessary to distinguish at least two periods.The first period begins in the nineteenth century and encompasses cooperatives established under the conditions of free-market capitalism; the second follows World War II and covers cooperatives that emerged in socialist Yugoslavia.The structure of the book reflects this division into two fundamentally different eras.