The Co-operative Movement in Indonesia / / Mohammad Hatta.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Hatta, Mohammad,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1957
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (121 p.)

In an introductory chapter and six speeches the former Vice-President of Indonesia stresses the importance of the formation of co-operatives. The speeches are directed to Indonesians, and in them the author expresses his view that co-operatives are the only way to build the national economy.The tables in the book give evidence as to how much the co-operative movement has grown, despite the tremendous handicaps of lack of capital, lack of experience, lack of leadership, and the general poverty of the people!Hatta envisions a classless society in which every man is both worker and manager in his co-operative, and he sees capitalistic enterprises as only temporary necessities in Indonesia-to do those jobs too big for the small co-operatives but not large enough to be government projects.This work should prove to be thought-provoking for economists and all who are interested in Indonesia's future.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter I. The Place of Co-operatives in Indonesian Society -- Chapter II. Co-operatives as Education for Auto-activity -- Chapter III. The Constructive Qualities of Co-operatives -- Chapter IV. Co-operation—A Bridge toward Economic Democracy -- Chapter V. How Far Have We Got -- Chapter VI. Co-operation and Our Economy -- Chapter VII. The Co-operatives and Reconstruction and Development -- Statistical Appendix -- Index