ABSTRACT
Capitalism is seen as an economic system or market economy was there is free allocation of market resources and free private participation in economic activities. The capitalist concept is manifested in the early 19th century, the period of industrial revolution. Since this period to the present date, capitalism has controlled the economic of some developed countries and the undeveloped ones, such countries include Europe, South Africa, America, Israel, Japan, and Nigeria. Despite the effort of the government to help these countries to regulate the excess of capitalism. In the wake of the excesses of capitalism, which resulted, the suffering of the poor masses, co-operative emerged. The co-operative concept tends to oppose the capitalists mod of business practices. Co-operative is a movement, which aims at bringing better living to the poor by returning to them the best economic power and dignity of laboure. This they lost through the shrewd influence of capitalism. This research work was carried out in three commercial towns in Abia state. This piece of work analyses the opportunities that exist for the co-operative alongside with the threats existence of capitalism.
TABLE OF CONTENT
TITLE PAGE
APROVAL PAGE.
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER ONE:
1.1 THE BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS
1.3 PURPOSE OF STUDY
1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
1.5 LIMITATION OF STUDY
1.6 DEFINITION OF TERMS
1.7 REFERENCE
CHAPTER TWO:
2.0 REVIEW RELATED TO LITERAUQE
2.1 THE CONCEPT OF CAPITALISM
CAPITALISM IN THE NIGERIA CONCEPT
THE CO-OPERATIVE CONCEPT
OPPORTUNITIES OF THE ABIA CO-OPERATIVE FEDERATIN IN A CAPITALIST ECONOMY
THREATS CAPITALISM HAS POSED ON ABAI CO-OPERATIVE FEDRATION
SOLUTION TO THE CONSTRIANTS OF ABIA CO-OPERATIVE FEDRATION
REFERENCE
CHATER THREE:
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 AREA OF STUDY
POPULATION OF THE STUDY
INRUMENT FOR THE DATA COLLECTION
METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION
METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATIONM OF DATA
DATA ANALYSIS
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS
CONCLUSION
RECOMMENDATION
BIOGRAPHY
