Open AccessLas cooperativas en el desarrollo del espacio rural : experiencias en la provincia de Málaga (España)
Author(s) -
Cristiieto Figueras
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
cuadernos de investigación geográfica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1697-9540
pISSN - 0211-6820
DOI - 10.18172/cig.1182
Subject(s) - welfare economics , political science , rural development , humanities , work (physics) , geography , rural area , unemployment , economic growth , economics , art , agriculture , mechanical engineering , archaeology , law , engineering
The objective of this work is to show the function that cooperatives play in rural development. Their main characteristics and means are analyzed to know the way these firms foment the development and encourage the economics and society of rural spaces. Some examples in Malaga are studied, and we can confirm their positive role in unemployment problem.