Self-management and the Crisis of Socialism: The Rose in the Fist of the Present

Self-management and the Crisis of Socialism: The Rose in the Fist of the Present
ISBN-10
0847689050
ISBN-13
9780847689057
Category
Employee ownership
Pages
279
Language
English
Published
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Author
Michael Wayne Howard

Description

While some conclude from the revolutions of 1989 that socialism is dead, interest in socialism continues because of persisting problems of contemporary capitalism. In this exciting text, Michael W. Howard offers critiques of liberal, communitarian, postmodern and some Marxist perspectives in order to develop a 'left-liberal' defense of a model of self-managed market socialism that includes a basic income for all. Specific applications of his view include analyses of its implications for the global marketplace, the changing nature of workplaces, and media restructuring and ownership. This work is sure to be of interest to social scientists, public policy makers, and economists as well as to feminists, ecologists, and others concerned with how market socialism is relevant to their social issues.

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