1st Edition

The Democratic Worker-Owned Firm (Routledge Revivals) A New Model for the East and West

By David Ellerman Copyright 2015
236 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

When this book was first published in 1990, there were massive economic changes in the East and significant economic challenges to the West. This critical analysis of democratic theory discusses the principles and forces that push both socialist and capitalist economies toward a common ground of workplace democratization. This book is a comprehensive approach to the theory and practice of the... Read more

Introduction;  Part 1: Theory of the Democratic Firm;  1. The Labor Theory of Property  2. Democratic Theory  3. The Democratic Firm;  Part 2: Worker Ownerships in America and Europe;  4. Worker Cooperatives  5. Employee Stock Ownership Plans  6. ESOP Analysis and Evaluation  7. Model of a Hybrid Democratic Firm;  Part 3: Enterprise Reform in the Socialist World;  8. Enterprise Reform in Yugoslavia and China  9. Reforms in the USSR, Hungary and Poland  10. Analysis of the Socialist Enterprise Reforms;  Conclusion;  References;  Index

Biography

David Ellerman