Ray Hudson is a political-economic geographer at Durham University, UK, where he has been a Professor since 1990. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, of the Academy of the Social Sciences, the Royal Geographical Society and the Regional Studies Association as well as a member of Academia Europaea.

"This book makes a new and important contribution to our theoretical understanding of social economy. Researchers, educators and policy makers committed to building co-operative, mutual and social enterprises will find this a valuable addition to their library.", Dr Rory Ridley-Duff, Reader in Co-operative and Social Enterprise, Sheffield Hallam University

• 1. Setting the scene: conceptualising capitalist economies as co-produced. 2. Making co-production possible: from state regulation to informal institutions, conventions and habits. 3. Enabling co-production: managing relations between capital and labour. 4. Competition among co-producing firms: varying forms of competitive strategy. 5. Collaboration among firms: collaborating and co-producing with some in order to compete with others. 6. People collaborating and competing for waged work in the co-producing economy. 7. Engaging consumers in the co-production of commodities. 8. Capital and nature: from relations of domination to active co-production. 9. Co-producing sustainable economies or the end of capitalism as we knew it?

Ray Hudson is a political-economic geographer at Durham University, UK, where he has been a Professor since 1990. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, of the Academy of the Social Sciences, the Royal Geographical Society and the Regional Studies Association as well as a member of Academia Europaea.

"This book makes a new and important contribution to our theoretical understanding of social economy. Researchers, educators and policy makers committed to building co-operative, mutual and social enterprises will find this a valuable addition to their library.", Dr Rory Ridley-Duff, Reader in Co-operative and Social Enterprise, Sheffield Hallam University

• 1. Setting the scene: conceptualising capitalist economies as co-produced. 2. Making co-production possible: from state regulation to informal institutions, conventions and habits. 3. Enabling co-production: managing relations between capital and labour. 4. Competition among co-producing firms: varying forms of competitive strategy. 5. Collaboration among firms: collaborating and co-producing with some in order to compete with others. 6. People collaborating and competing for waged work in the co-producing economy. 7. Engaging consumers in the co-production of commodities. 8. Capital and nature: from relations of domination to active co-production. 9. Co-producing sustainable economies or the end of capitalism as we knew it?

Ray Hudson is a political-economic geographer at Durham University, UK, where he has been a Professor since 1990. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, of the Academy of the Social Sciences, the Royal Geographical Society and the Regional Studies Association as well as a member of Academia Europaea.

"This book makes a new and important contribution to our theoretical understanding of social economy. Researchers, educators and policy makers committed to building co-operative, mutual and social enterprises will find this a valuable addition to their library.", Dr Rory Ridley-Duff, Reader in Co-operative and Social Enterprise, Sheffield Hallam University

• 1. Setting the scene: conceptualising capitalist economies as co-produced. 2. Making co-production possible: from state regulation to informal institutions, conventions and habits. 3. Enabling co-production: managing relations between capital and labour. 4. Competition among co-producing firms: varying forms of competitive strategy. 5. Collaboration among firms: collaborating and co-producing with some in order to compete with others. 6. People collaborating and competing for waged work in the co-producing economy. 7. Engaging consumers in the co-production of commodities. 8. Capital and nature: from relations of domination to active co-production. 9. Co-producing sustainable economies or the end of capitalism as we knew it?