The Myth of Mondragon: Cooperatives, Politics, and Working-Class Life in a Basque Town (Anthropology of Work) - Couverture souple

Kasmir, Sharryn

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0791430049 ISBN 13 : 9780791430040

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1996

Synopsis

Shows how the creation of an idealized image of the Mondragon cooperatives is part of a new global ideology that promotes cooperative labor-management relations in order to discredit labor unions and working-class organizations.

This is the first critical account of the internationally renowned Mondragon cooperatives of the Basque region of Spain. The Mondragon cooperatives are seen as the leading alternative model to standard industrial organization; they are considered to be the most successful example of democratic decision making and worker ownership. However, the author argues that the vast scholarly and popular literature on Mondragon idealizes the cooperatives by falsely portraying them as apolitical institutions and by ignoring the experiences of shop floor workers. She shows how this creation of an idealized image of the cooperatives is part of a new global ideology that promotes cooperative labor-management relations in order to discredit labor unions and working-class organizations; this constitutes what she calls the "myth" of Mondragon.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sharryn Kasmir is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology/Anthropology at Knox College.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0791430049
• ISBN 13: 9780791430040
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 270
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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