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Using the example of Turkey, where neoliberal economics combined with authoritarian politics formed conditions that have profound social and economic consequences, this book investigates ACCs as spaces for prefigurative food politics. Following the global financial crisis of 2008, there has been a significant interest amongst scholars and activists in alternative forms of organization which operate according to a non-capitalist logic, including the Alternative Consumer Cooperatives (ACCs). Offering a novel perspective on alternative forms of organizing, this book challenges the easy assumptions of what it means to be a scholar working on activism in the Global North and shows how, through the foundational values of solidarity, reciprocity and responsibility, it is possible to create new and imaginative forms of politics and activism.

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"""How do Alternative Consumer Cooperatives challenge capitalist norms by uniting rural producers and the urban middle class against dominant food systems in a country governed by authoritarian neoliberal policies? Drawing from ample empirical evidence, Oba and Özsoy eloquently highlight the transformative potential of activist prefigurative practices for a just, ethical and inclusive organizing of our societies."" Ozan Nadir Alakavuklar, Utrecht University"

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Beyza Oba is Professor in Organization Studies at stanbul Bilgi University. Zeynep zsoy is Professor in Organization Studies and Acting Dean of Business School at Altnba University.

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