Economic Democracy : The Political Economy of Self-management and Participation

Explains the causes and consequences of democratization within the firm. It discusses workers' cooperatives, collective capital ownership and industrial democracy. The book proposes new institutions and policies by which a self-managed sector could be promoted under capitalism. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction....Pages 1-20 Self-Management, Anarchism and Democracy....Pages 21-34 Self-Management in Yugoslavia....Pages 35-63 Workers’ Cooperatives under Capitalism....Pages 64-87 Industrial Democracy....Pages 88-115 Financial Participation....Pages 116-142 Wage-earners’ Investment Funds....Pages 143-183 Funding Self-management....Pages 184-207 Conclusions....Pages 208-213 Back Matter....Pages 214-226