Participatory and Workplace Democracy: A Theoretical Development in Critique of Liberalsim - Hardcover

Mason, Ronald; Pateman, Carole

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0809309920 ISBN 13: 9780809309924

Verlag: Southern Illinois University Press, 1982

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Mason Professor Emeritus Ronald

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Críticas

Clear, logical and convincing. Mason develops his theory cogently, with excellent supporting data, and also addresses potential criticism from opposing viewpoints. This work would make an excellent classroom textbook, workshop manual, or study-group resource because it presents an understandable theory as well as a concise history of both the theory and practice of workplace democracy. Gloria Allen, "Workplace Democracy""

Reseña del editor

The times demand action and reaction, but not despair, contends Ronald M. Mason in this soundly constructed argument that all should have more control over their lives and that this control should be exercised not only in the home and during hours of leisure but in the workplace as well.Mason indicts liberalism, theoretically an ally of democracy, as the chief culprit in depriving us of a voice in the workplace, the place where most of us spend nearly a third of our days. The problem is that classical liberalism divides life into two spheres: the social and the political. Life, liberty, and propertyeverything, in fact, that the human being valuesfall into the social orb. Therefore liberalism champions the social sphere, scorns the political. To the liberal, the political sphere is sordid, a thing to be avoided except by those few governmental representatives we elect to protect life, liberty, and property.Yet the political constitutes a major portion of our lives, and, according to Mason, it is at the level of the workplace that we can acquire the habits of participation that will carry over into our community lives as well. He demonstrates that people who participate in decision making in the workplace are likely to enter the governmental arena. Participation creates involvement; nonparticipation breeds apathy. Thus, Mason argues, democratic participation in the workplace benefits both the individual and the community."

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Southern Illinois University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0809309920
• ISBN 13: 9780809309924
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272