Screen LibraryAlternative work organisations
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xi, 207 p.: ill. ; 22 cm. |
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9781137029041 (electronic bk.) 1137029048 (electronic bk.) 9780230241404 (hardback) 0230241409 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | F272 |
| CLC: | F272.92 |
| Call Number: | F272.92/A466 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. An introduction to theoretical issues / Maurizio Atzeni -- Factory occupation, worker cooperatives and alternative production : lessons from Britain in the 1970s / Alan Tuckman -- Going underground : worker ownership and control at Tower Colliery / Russell Smith, Len Arthur, Molly Scott Cato and Tom Keenoy -- Workers participation in a globalized market, reflections on and from Mondragon / Joseba Azkarraga, George Cheney, Ainara Udaondo -- Democracy and solidarity : a study of Venezuelan cooperatives / Camila Pineiro Harnecker -- From managed employees to self-managed workers : the transform "Current and historical examples in the labour movement worldwide have helped to debunk the myth that workers cannot run production. Workers can take control of factories, reverting many assumptions about property, management, work organisation, wages andchallenge the almost natural character of capitalist work relations. This volume uses geographically and historically diverse examples to analyse the challenges and questions that alternative forms of work present to those involved"--Provided by publisher. |