Differentiated voting and membership composition – the case of a large Swedish dairy cooperative

Sammanfattning

This study comprises theoretical and empirical analyses of differentiated voting rights in the governance of agricultural cooperatives with self-interest seeking members. A survey was conducted among representative samples of members and General Assembly delegates of a large Swedish dairy cooperative while two important decisions were under consideration. Because of the equal voting rights regime, the majority of small-scale farmers encouraged the General Assembly to reject both efficiency-raising measures. However, if the large-scale farmers had had more voting power, both proposals would have been accepted. Because of limited spatial competition, the large-scale members could not “voting by their feet”.

Nyckelord

Proportional voting; Board of Directors; General Assembly; member democracy; organizational costs

Publicerad i

International Journal on Food System Dynamics
2024, volym: 15, nummer: 2, sidor: 114-129

SLU författare

• Nilsson, Jerker

  • Institutionen för ekonomi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Statsvetenskap (exklusive studier av offentlig förvaltning och globaliseringsstudier)

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.18461/ijfsd.v15i2.J1

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/129155