Ours to Master and to Own: Workers' Control From the Commune to the Present
Immanuel Ness & Dario Azzellini
Language: English
20th Century Business & Economics Economic Conditions Economic History General History Industrial Relations Industrial Relations - History Labor Labor & Industrial Relations Labor Unions Labor Unions - History Modern Political Science Social Classes Social Science Works Councils Works Councils - History World
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: Jul 5, 2011
Description:
From the dawning of the industrial epoch, wage earners have organized themselves into unions, fought bitter strikes, and gone so far as to challenge the very premises of the system by creating institutions of democratic self-management aimed at controlling production without bosses. With specific examples drawn from every corner of the globe and every period of modern history, this pathbreaking volume comprehensively traces this often underappreciated historical tradition. Ripe with lessons drawn from historical and contemporary struggles for workers’ control, Ours to Master and to Own is essential reading for those struggling to create a new world from the ashes of the old.Immanuel Ness is professor of political science at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, and edits WorkingUSA.Dario Azzellini is a writer, documentary director, and political scientist at Johannes Kepler University in Linz.