نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

چکیده

این مقاله ابتدا به اهمیت تعاونی‌ها در جامعه امروزی جهانی و جایگاه آنها می‌پردازد و سپس مقولۀ توسعۀ پایدار را بطور خلاصه موشکافی می‌کند. توسعۀ پایدار در تعریف کلان خود زمینه‌ای است برای حفظ محیط زیست و منابع مصرفی برای تولید که در ارتباط تنگاتنگ با شرایط اجتماعی مطلوب، کاهش فقر و نابرابری و اختلاف درآمدی بین اقشار گوناگون اجتماعی و مناطق گوناگون جهانی قرار دارد. عواملی  که زمینه ساز بهبود وضعیت پایدار و توسعۀ اجتماعی اقتصادی هستند را تا حد امکان بیان می‌کند و عللی که در اقتصاد مبتنی بر بازار سرمایه‌داری، موجب کژروی و تخریب فرآیندهای توسعۀ پایدار می‌شود را  نیز  توضیح می‌دهد. بدیهی است که این بحث به تعاونی‌ها و امکانات و ظرفیت‌های بالقوه‌ای  که در ارتباط با تامین شرایط پایدار بطور ذاتی دارا می‌باشند و در روند فعالیتی خود آنها را تولید و بازتولید می‌کنند می‌پردازد. نتیجه آنکه تعاونی‌ها به معنای واقعی کلمه، بخش قابل توجهی ازاقتصاد محسوب می‌شوند که به خودی خود تامین کنندۀ توسعۀ پایدار هستند.

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عنوان مقاله [English]

A Study on Co-operative's Socio-Economic Potentials in Establishing Sustainable Development

چکیده [English]

 This article would first present an explanation on the importance of co-operative organizations as social movement in the world today and then will pay enough attention to the sustainable development. Sustainable development generally can be seen as means of preservation of environment and natural resources in close relation with production in a way that certain social infections such as poverty, inequality and income gap among different social groups or regions will either be eradicated or alleviated. The elements that bring about both sustainable development and social progress will be worked out here and the grassroots of environmental depletion and degradation of natural processes in a capitalist market economy will be made known. The debate shall normally shift to the subject of co-operatives and their inherent capacities and potentials to provide suitable conditions for sustainability. Co-operatives are well aware that they automatically should reproduce favorable grounds for sustainable development. As a consequence the article would focus on the significant share of co-operatives in today’s economy and the role they play in stability and preservation of sustainable development.
 

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • Co-operatives
  • Sustainable Development
  • Social Movement
  • Environment
  • Natural Resources
  • Poverty
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