Kooperation als Medium der Selbststeuerung und Reproduktion von Organisationen der Weiterbildung

The article deals with cooperation under the perspective of governance from an organisational view. According to the variety forms of cooperation in the field of adult education, cooperation can be seen as a medium that adult educational organisations can use for their reproduction and coordination in different institutional environment. Based on empirical findings from a case study, it can be shown that organisations initiate cooperation for collecting resources and legitimation. So, organisations can continuously reproduce themselves in their institutional environment. In addition, cooperation provides them with the possibility for organisational change-processes.