Mondragón: The Dilemmas of a Mature Cooperativism

Abstract

The Mondragón cooperative experience began in the 1950s, in the town of the same name in the Alto Deba region of Guipúzcoa, in the Basque Country. Created by a small group of people, it is now one of the best-known and most influential cooperatives in the world. Over five long decades, its essence has been the development of a group of cooperatives that are democratically organized, with an outward projection of social commitment.