Boletín de la Asociación Internacional de Derecho Cooperativo 

About: Boletín de la Asociación Internacional de Derecho Cooperativo is an academic journal published by University of Deusto. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Humanities & Political science. It has an ISSN identifier of 1134-993X. It is also open access. Over the lifetime, 173 publications have been published receiving 504 citations.

The synergy between employment policies and cooperatives with regard to new forms of work. An overview based on Spanish constitutional law

Abstract: This text explains how active employment policies and cooperatives are perfectly suited to fulfil the mandates outlined in the 1978 Spanish Constitution in relation to the promotion of cooperatives (Article 129.2), and to policies oriented towards full employment (Article 40.1), which fall under the overall protection of social rights. After analysing the provisions contained in these two articles, details are provided as to how the economic crisis and the strict balanced budget policies that ensued have also weakened the constitutional protection of social rights, with the adoption of regressive measures whose compatibility with the Constitution has been accepted by the Spanish Constitutional Court (despite divided opinions among the Court’s members). Finally, an analysis is conducted of the options available within the Spanish legal system to protect and encourage cooperative societies. It is then argued that cooperatives can be a very useful instrument to create employment, even within the most innovative and dynamic sectors of the economy. These sectors include, for example, the collaborative economy (which includes the digital economy), the ‘white economy’, the ‘green economy’ and the ‘circular economy’. Received : 01 October 2018 Accepted : 07 March 2019 Published online : 22 July 2019

Propuesta de regulación de la aportación al capital social en la sociedad cooperativa española: aportación dineraria y aportación no dineraria

Abstract: This paper studies the contribution to share capital in Spanish cooperative society. A distinction is made between monetary contribution and non-monetary contribution. In this regard, the legislator takes into account the regulation of the capital company. However, there are certain peculiarities of the cooperative society. The objective of this paper is to formulate a new proposal for regulation of contribution to share capital in cooperative society.Received: 18 November 2019Accepted: 16 January 2020Published online: 01 April 2020

Digital cooperatives as channels for digital work in the context of the collaborative economy

Abstract: At present different bodies, associations, platforms etc. vary greatly in their definitions of the collaborative economy. This is because there are many differences between models and platforms within the term ‘collaborative economy’. Taking this diversity into account, this study will focus on the platforms dedicated to the provision of services. The first major issue will be the need to delimit and establish links between a multitude of concepts that emerge within the so-called collaborative economy, such as the Gig economy and the On-demand economy. The ultimate purpose is to limit the concept of collaborative economy for the purposes of the research carried out here. It was not for nothing that the European Commission recommended that legislators and courts should review professional regimes in the context of the new economy, while expressing its clear support for collaborative economy platforms in its report ‘A European agenda for the collaborative economy’ (2016). There is therefore a need to address the modality of platform-based work (also called digital work), with the aim of ensuring that standards are upheld regarding the working conditions and social protection of people who provide their services under this modality. This study, then, analyses the challenges, and positive and negative aspects of this new situation. The main conclusion is that cooperatives are the best means to channel the collaborative economy, under the modalities of platform-based or digital work. This will require studying and analysing the new models of cooperatives, and advocating digital cooperatives, outside the so-called cooperatives of self-employed workers, the true cooperative character of which is often doubtful. The conceptual delimitation of digital cooperatives and their differentiation from ‘classic’ cooperatives will also be discussed, which will involve providing some insights into the characteristic features of digital cooperatives. This research uses the descriptive, comparative and propositional legal methods. The descriptive method is used to define the concept of collaborative economy and the sub-concepts that it includes in terms of the provision of services; and to identify new forms of platform-based or digital work, and delimit the field of action of digital cooperatives, as the most appropriate means to channel these new forms of work. The comparative method will be useful to analyse the various existing professional regimes that can accommodate the new forms of work available within the collaborative economy. Finally, the propositional method will argue that digital cooperatives are the best solution to shape work within the collaborative economy.Received: 27 November 2018Accepted: 07 March 2019Published online: 22 July 2019

The promotion of both decent and green jobs through cooperatives

Abstract: Nowadays, it is undeniable that continuous environmental degradation and climate change threaten the sustainability of the planet. As a consequence, there is an urgent need to face these menaces and to promote sustainable development. From this starting point, this paper aims to show how cooperatives can be a useful channel to promote green and decent jobs. In order to achieve this objective, first of all, we will analyse the conceptual scope of green and decent jobs. Secondly, we will highlight the meaning of cooperatives, paying special attention to cooperative values and principles. Thirdly, we will proceed to explain how cooperatives can contribute to encourage green and decent jobs. And, lastly, we will enumerate the main conclusions.Received: 29 November 2018Accepted: 07 March 2019Published online: 22 July 2019

El reforzamiento de la identidad cooperativa a través de la formación: un elemento a considerar por el movimiento cooperativo

Abstract: Modern cooperatives have their roots in cooperative values and principles that establish their identity. In current times and given the profound changes to which the world is being subjected, cooperative training is shown as an essential tool to consolidate this identity. Received: 20 November 2019Accepted: 27 July 2020