Co-operative governance

The material in this extract is drawn from Co-operatives: Linking practice and theory (Adderley, in press). This extract provides an overview of the classifications of different types of co-operatives, and then contextualises co-operatives from a governance perspective more broadly. The key to understanding of any type of co-operative governance arrangement is to recognise the nature of the relationship between the member and the business of the co-operative.