The Model of Open Cooperativism

This book examines the role of open-source technologies and the digital commons in fostering a cooperative economy. Through case studies such as Open Food Network and CoopCycle, it explores grassroots innovation and platform cooperativism as pathways toward a sustainable, post-capitalist economic model.

About the author

Vangelis Papadimitropoulos is an adjunct lecturer at Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece, and a postdoc researcher at Panteion University, Athens, Greece, specializing in the intersection of epistemology, political theory, digital commons, cooperative economies, and open-source technologies.

Product details

• Authors: Vangelis Papadimitropoulos
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 03.03.2026
• EAN: 9781839995828
• ISBN: 978-1-83999-582-8
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Business and Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Green Business, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, COMPUTERS / Internet / General, Political science & theory, Politics and government, Industry and industrial studies, Economics of industrial organization