Cooperation: A Political, Economic, and Social Theory - Paperbackby Bernard E. Harcourt (Author) Liberal democracy is in crisis around the world, unable to address pressing problems such as climate change. There is, however, another path cooperation democracy. From consumer co ops to credit unions, worker cooperatives to insurance mutuals, nonprofits to mutual aid, countless examples prove that people working together can extend the ideals of participatory democracy and sustainability into every aspect of their