Commentaries are opinion pieces that analyse or expand on topics of relevance to those interested in co-operatives and social enterprises. These articles aim to stimulate debate about the future of co-ops and the wider social economy.

We welcome contributions from anyone who would like to comment on, or advance the understanding of, the social economy sector.

If you are interested in contributing a commentary piece, please contact the editor of CCC eNews as published by CACOM: suzanne.henderson@uts.edu.au (Articles should be submitted in MS Word format and be a maximum of 1000 words).

• "Stopping Demutualisation" - Kiwis prefer NO regulation
  
• $$$$ for Community Enterprise
  
• A Cooperative Future
  
• A little more government
  
• Analysis of different approaches to capital management in New Zealand Co-operatives
  
• Australia and EBOs
  
• BRW on the "Nonprofit Sector"
  
• Businesses imitating co-operatives - and getting burned
  
• Capital Crisis
  
• Choice From Crisis - Reasserting Confidence
  
• Co-operative contradiction
  
• Co-operatives in NZ - Oh how the pendulum doth swing!!
  
• Coleambally Test Case – Nonprofits face hefty tax bills
  
• Collective Bargaining: Will it be Successful?
  
• Compact still bringing benefits for the English social economy
  
• Cooperative home ownership
  
• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Canada and Australia
  
• Demutualisation in Australia
  
• Employee Buyouts Handbook
  
• Feature
  
• Financing and Co-operative Legislation - Walking a tight-rope
  
• First Impressions
  
• Flexible structures for service delivery in NFP and social enterprises
  
• Happy Anniversary - 250 years of Cooperation in America
  
• Ideas for Farmer Co-operatives
  
• Labor recognises nonprofit sector
  
• Leveraged ESOPs Taking Off
  
• Listing Co-op Shares on the Stock Exchange
  
• Mark Lyons commentary, November 2002
  
• New Agricultural Co-operative Models
  
• New international accounting standards
  
• NSW Co-operative Federation annual conference 2002
  
• Proposals for a Community Interest Company (CIC)
  
• Rename and Reach Out
  
• Social Capital: Reviewing the Concept and its Policy Implications
  
• The commonwealth government and charities: conspiracy or confusion?
  
• The Power of Collective Bargaining
  
• The Principles of Mutuality
  
• Top Cooperative Performers
  
• Top Cooperative Performers
  
• UK: The six-and-a-half-year push
  
• What is a Social Enterprise? - A lively debate
  
• What price co-op exclusion?
  
• Young Australians and Democracy: a glass half full or half empty?