Includes statistical tables.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- PART I -- CO-OPERATIVE ADMINISTRATION: AN OVERVIEW -- 1. B.B. Goel -- Introduction -- 2. Mohan Dharia -- Co-operative Movement: Past, Present and Future -- 3. B.B. Goel -- Co-operative Democracy at Cross-Roads -- PART II -- CO-OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT, GOVERNANCE AND -- LEGISLATION -- 4. Daman. Prakash -- Governance and Co-operatives -- 5. K.S. Anandaram -- Effective Management of Co-operatives in -- 21st Century -- 6. Katar Singh -- Professionalising the Management of -- Agri-business Co-operatives -- 7. M.V. Madane -- Professionalisation of Co-operative Management -- at the Executive arid Board Level -- 8. P.C. Mathew -- Paradigm Shift in Human Resource Strategies -- for Co-operative Competitiveness -- 9. K. Prathap Reddy and R.C. Sekhar -- Civic Culture Ambience and Collective Controls -- in Co-operatives -- 10. B.B. Goel -- Renewing Co-operative Legislation -- 11. D. Sreenivasulu -- Who Defeats Co-operation? -- PART III -- CO-OPERATIVE FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS -- 12. K. Ramesha -- Urban Co-operative Banking Sector in the -- Post-Reforms Scenario -- 13. P.P. Koli -- Emerging Environment and Urban -- Co-operative Banks -- 14. Sangeeta Shroff -- Linking Co-operative Credit with Marketing: -- How Far is it Successful? (A Case Study of -- Co-operative Credit Recovery through Monopoly -- Marketing) -- 15. D. Jha -- NAFED-An Overview -- 16. Brahm Prakash -- Co-operative Marketing and Processing Societies: -- Role, Performance, Constraints and Prospects -- 17. Jagdish Prasad -- Agriculture and Agri-Business Co-operatives -- 18. B.B. Goel -- Managing Co-operative Projects -- 19. P.A. Koli -- Can Milk Co-operatives Sustain in 21st Century? -- 20. Nripendra N. Sarma -- Consumer Co-operatives in the Context of -- Changing Consumption Patterns -- 21. A.C.K. Nambiar -- Successes and Failures in Co-operation: -- A Case Study of Co-operative Hospitals -- 22. V.M. Rao -- Challenges before Co-operative Movement -- 23. Deepak Shah -- Organisational and Functional Dimensions of -- Credit and Non-credit Co-operatives -- 24. B.B. Goel -- Research in Co-operative Administration -- Our Contributors -- Index.

Contributed articles with reference to India.