This paper emphasizes the contribution of the famous Romanian politician I.G. Duca to the development and independence of the cooperative sector in our country. There are reviewed some of his published opinions, and also a small excerpt of a political debate against Nicolae Iorga and Ion...

In the theory and practice of cooperation, various concepts and directions are encountered, according to the attitude towards the principles and bases of organization of the capitalist society. Generally, a fundamental separation is made between the rural and urban middle class cooperation,...

Ever since 2009, the General Assembly of the United Nations has proclaimed the year 2012 as being the International Year of Cooperatives. To sustain this project, the General Secretary of the United Nations has appreciated the role of cooperatives to be “a reminder for the international...