Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on the Contributors -- Preface; Dame Pauline Green -- Introduction: Cooperative Innovations in China and the West: Caroline Gijselinckx, Li Zhao and Sonja Novkovic -- PART I: GENERAL ANALYSIS OF TRENDS AND EVOLUTIONS IN CO-OPERATIVES IN THE WEST -- 1. Features and Determinants of Co-operative Development in Western Countries; Patrizia Battilani -- 2. Globalization and Co-operative Strategies; Roger Spear -- 3. Co-operative Networks, Adaptability and Organizational Innovations; Sonja Novkovic -- 4. Multistakeholder Co-operatives as an Inspiration for the Co-operative Movement: a Comparative Perspective; Martine Ve;zina and Jean-Pierre Girard -- PART II: SECTOR SPECIFIC ANALYSIS OF TRENDS AND EVOLUTIONS IN THE WEST -- 5. Stakeholder Participation in Co-operative Capital in Western Agricultural Co-operatives; Constantine Iliopoulos -- 6. Stakeholder Participation in Co-operative Governance in the USA Agricultural Co-operatives; Michael Cook -- 7. Co-operative Banks: Their Contribution to the Stability and Diversity of the Financial System; Giovanni Ferri and Panu Kalmi -- 8. Co-operatives Providing Welfare Services: the Case of Italian Social Co-operatives; Carlo Borzaga and Sara Depedri -- 9. Understanding FLOSS as a Commons; Dongbin Wang -- PART III: TRENDS AND EVOLUTIONS IN CHINESE CO-OPERATIVES -- 10. The Development of Chinese Co-operatives in Rural Areas; Xuchu Xu and Bin Wu -- 11. Co-operatives and Poverty Reduction in China; Tim Zachernuk and Guozhong Liu -- 12. Stakeholder Participation in Co-operative Capital in Chinese Agricultural Co-operatives; Li Zhao -- 13. Stakeholder Participation in Co-operative Governance in China; Peng Yuan -- 14. Banking Co-operatives in China; Guangwen He -- 15. The Grassroots Co-operative Housing in Urban China: the Case of LINECITY; Yuqi Wang -- Conclusion: Co-operative Innovations in China and in the West: Recent Trends and Challenges; Caroline Gijselinckx, Sonja Novkovic and Li Zhao.