Eliana Debia
The Social and Cultural Role of Cooperation
Posted By: Cecilia Cornaggia, Chiara Ferrari, Eliana Debia
Post Date: 26 January, 2026
In the face of growing social fragmentation and a crisis of care, cooperation offers an alternative way of organizing economic and social life. Drawing on Beatrice Potter Webb and the Italian cooperative tradition, this piece explores how cooperativism can regenerate social bonds beyond competition and extraction.