Cooperatives detached from movement ties undergo movement degeneration and democratic erosion

Evidence

When cooperatives become increasingly detached from these institutional ties and the principle of solidaristic organizing, they might become more susceptible to what Diamantopoulos (2012) terms movement degeneration. That is, a process in which erosion of democratic engagement and distancing from movement values weakens cooperative identity and democratic practices at the organizational level. — Adrian Josef Amon, Organizing the study of degeneration…, 51

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the term ‘movement degeneration’ and distinguishes it from the economic form of degeneration.
• XREF: Connects to ‘On Sacrifice’ themes of institutional stabilizing structures and to broader work on how embeddedness in larger movements sustains local democratic forms. — connects to: Cohousing’s participatory ethos creates barriers to social diversity — Yael Arbell, The Circle of Commoning:…, 83; Effective democracy generates antagonism that can destroy cooperatives if not accommodated. — Adrian Josef Amon, Organizing the study of degeneration…, 71; Competing with capitalist firms forces worker cooperatives into managerial domination and democratic decline. — Adrian Josef Amon, Organizing the study of degeneration…, 19 (+5 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Adrian Josef Amon, Organizing the study of degeneration…, 51

Related

• Effective democracy generates antagonism that can destroy cooperatives if not accommodated. (similarity 0.87)
• Cooperative degeneration unfolds as a multi-layered process driven by both internal and external forces. (similarity 0.84)
• Competing with capitalist firms forces worker cooperatives into managerial domination and democratic decline. (similarity 0.83)
• Member identity and democratic belonging must be actively cultivated to prevent cooperative degeneration. (similarity 0.82)
• Adrian Josef Amon — Organizing the study of degeneration and regeneration in worker cooperatives A semi-systematic review from institutions to identity (similarity 0.82)
• Cooperative members who lack psychological ownership tend to disengage. (similarity 0.81)
• Weak member identification with a cooperative erodes psychological ownership and invites degeneration. (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Democratic centralism means adapting constantly to movement rather than hardening into bureaucracy #expands (0.82)
• Cooperative members who lack psychological ownership tend to disengage. #qualifies (0.75) — Adrian Josef Amon, Organizing the study of degeneration…, 101
• Cooperative civic activities decline faster than individual ones #complicates (0.72) — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 127