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Cooperative Development Gap in Québec and Saskatchewan 1980 to 2010: A Tale of Two Movements.

The article presents a study on the cooperative development gap between the provinces of Québec and Saskatchewan from 1980 to 2010. The study uses Gramscian hegemony theory and the social movement approach to investigate the gap. It provides comparison on the provincial sector growth across several...

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Published in:Canadian Journal of Nonprofit & Social Economy Research / Revue canadienne de recherche sur les OSBL et l'économie sociale Vol. 2; no. 2; pp. 6 - 25
Main Author: Diamantopoulos, Mitch
Format: Article
Published: CISP Press Fall2011
Subjects:
Saskatchewan
Québec (Province)
Hegemony
Social movements
Cooperative societies
Nonprofit sector
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article presents a study on the cooperative development gap between the provinces of Québec and Saskatchewan from 1980 to 2010. The study uses Gramscian hegemony theory and the social movement approach to investigate the gap. It provides comparison on the provincial sector growth across several indices and utilized historical research and fieldwork findings. It also reveals that bloc formation and dissolution are the main drivers of the development gap.