WP4 Case Study Report. Credit Unions

Dumitru, Adina; Haxeltine, Alex; Frances, Anne; Lema-Blanco, Isabel; García-Mira, Ricardo

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WP4 Case Study Report. Credit Unions

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2183/30054

Publication date

2015-01-23

Authors

Dumitru, Adina

Haxeltine, Alex

Frances, Anne

Lema-Blanco, Isabel

García-Mira, Ricardo

Bibliographic citation

Dumitru, A.; Lema-Blanco, I.; García-Mira, R.; Haxeltine, A. and Frances. A. (2015). WP4 Case Study Report: Credit Unions. TRANSIT: EU SSH.2013.3.2-1 Grant agreement no: 613169

Abstract

[Abstract] This case study report presents the main result of the study conducted on the European credit unions movement, which focus on the European network FEBEA (the European Federation of Ethical and Alternative Banks, formed by 26 European partners based across 14 European States. Besides, this report will study two local manifestations: FIARE (Spain) and the Northwich Credit Unions (United Kingdom). The report describes the research methodology (section 2), which follows. Section 3 will covers the study on the European Network FEBEA. Section 4 presents the analysis of the Spanish local initiative FIARE, whilst section 5 presents research on the Norwich credit unions (UK). Finally, a synthesis chapter (section 6) comprises a comparative analysis of the two local initiatives and of the relationships with the European network.

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Theme [ssh.2013.3.2-1][Social Innovation- Empowering People, changing societies] Project Full Title: “Transformative Social Innovation Theory project”