This book is perhaps the most penetrating analysis of the aspects, nature, limits, and horizons of Cooperatives. The author highlights, through the study of both the Greek and global Cooperative Movement, the historical depth, systemic breadth, and historical perspective of the institution of Cooperatives, and expresses his optimism for the triumph of the World Cooperative Democracy, within the framework of a Universal Humanistic Culture, when sooner or later humanity will find itself "in the corner", facing the barbarism of capitalist globalization.