Research Catalog

Title

After capitalism : from managerialism to workplace democracy / Seymour Melman.

Author

Melman, Seymour.

Publication

New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2001.

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Description

xi, 527 pages; 25 cm

Summary

"After Capitalism is the apex of the life's work of one of the most respected scholars of the American Workplace. For nearly half a century, Seymour Melman has been an influential commentary on capitalism, militarism and their discontents. In After Capitalism he explores a growing trend in capitalist systems worldwide: workplace democracy."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Capitalism > United States
• Industrial management > Employee participation > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [497]-511) and index.

Contents

Introduction: Managerialism and "the Market" Are Not Forever -- 1. The Shape of Production Under State Capitalism -- 2. The Founding Alienation of Capitalism -- 3. The United States as a Third-Rate Economy -- 4. State Managers Accumulate Military Power Without Limit -- 5. The Hidden Costs of Campaigning for World Hegemony -- 6. The Lessons of Soviet Russia: From Alienation to Production Collapse -- 7. The Attempt to Make Workers and Unions Obsolete -- 8. Management Promotes Ownership Without Control -- 9. Creating Workplace Democracy -- 10. White Collar Joins the Blue -- 11. Disalienation by Design: Installing Workplace Democracy -- 12. The Advancing Processes of Capitalism and Workplace Democracy -- Conclusion: An Exit Path from Capitalism to Workplace Democracy -- App. A. Enlarging U.S. Hegemonic Power over Other Nations by Arms Sales -- App. B. List of Mondragon Enterprises (109).

ISBN

0679418598 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2001038300

OCLC

• ocm47224930
• SCSB-4196605

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries