Democracy and efficiency in the economic enterprise /

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Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.
Description:xiii, 337 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Routledge studies in business organization and networks ; 1
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2440828
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Other authors / contributors:Pagano, Ugo, 1951-
Rowthorn, Bob.
World Institute for Development Economics Research.
ISBN:0415125863 (alk. paper)
Notes:"A study prepared for the World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) of the United Nations University."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 326-328) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction
  • Part I. The Philosophical Case
  • 2. The Philosophical Case for Economic Democracy
  • References
  • Part II. Theoretical Issues
  • 3. Capitalist Versus Liberal Firm and Economy
  • 4. Is the Demand for Workplace Democracy Redundant in a Liberal Economy?
  • References
  • 5. The Distribution of Wealth and the Viability of the Democratic Firm
  • 6. Organizational Form and Economic Evolution
  • References
  • 7. The Competitive Selection of Democratic Firms in a World of Self-Sustaining Institutions
  • 8. Flexibility, Power and Wage Bargaining
  • 9. Is There a Chance for the Worker-Managed Form of Organization?
  • 10. Efficiency, Equality and Enterprise Democracy
  • Part III. Experience and Evidence
  • 11. The Productivity Effects of Employee Participation in Control and in Economic Returns
  • References
  • 12. People's Capitalism: Profit-Sharing and Financial Participation in Capitalist Enterprises
  • Notes
  • 13. Participation and Self-Management in Developing Countries
  • Notes
  • 14. Worker Participation in Socialist and Transitional Economies
  • Index