Producer Cooperatives and Labor-Managed Systems
Edward Elgar Publishing
Published on 1. March 1996
Book
Hardback
864 pages
978-1-85898-189-5 (ISBN)
Description
Since 1958, the economic theory of the participatory or labor-managed firm and its performance compared to capitalist firms, has exploded into a vast literature comprising several hundred articles. Indeed, as one early contributor has recently remarked, the theory has become a 'new discipline' in itself. Producer Cooperatives and Labor-Managed Systems provides, for the first time, a careful selection of the most significant theoretical and empirical contributions to this burgeoning field, and promises to become a valuable research tool and reference volume.
Reviews / Votes
'Producer Cooperatives and Labor-Managed Systems is an informative collection of articles on the subject of labor management . . . Readers will benefit from this compilation insofar as it lays out the initial debate, the critical aspects of the labor-management controversy in the neoclassical economic literature, and some recent studies.' -- Sonja Novkovic, Feminist EconomicsMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 169 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85898-189-5 (9781858981895)
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Persons
Edited by David L. Prychitko, Head, Department of Economics, Northern Michigan University and Faculty Affiliate in the Program on Markets and Institutions, James M. Buchanan Center for Political Economy, George Mason University, US and the late Jaroslav Vanek, formerly Professor of Economics and Carl Marks Professor of International Studies and Director, Program on Participation and Labor-Managed Systems, Cornell University, US
Content
38 articles, dating from 1958 to 1993
Contents: Introduction Part I: Performance: Classic Essays in the Theoretical Debate Part II: Performance under Diverse Structures and Systems Part III: Rights, Incentives, Innovation Index
Contents: Introduction Part I: Performance: Classic Essays in the Theoretical Debate Part II: Performance under Diverse Structures and Systems Part III: Rights, Incentives, Innovation Index