Economic Democracy and Financial Participation : A Comparative Study

ISBN-13: 9780415062152 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 355 str.

Daryl D'Art

Opis

The ideas behind economic democracy and financial participation are not new; the International Congress on Profit-sharing first met in Paris in 1889. The practical objective of many profit-sharing schemes was increased labour management co-operation. Some also had an ideal objective - the resolution of a perceived contradiction between concentrated wealth and power and the democratic ideal. In Economic Democracy and Financial Participation, Daryl D'Art has two objectives. Firstly, to examine if, and under what conditions, profit-sharing schemes and employee shareholding can motivate workers and generate cooperative striving. Secondly, he identifies the schemes of financial participation which have the potential to realise economic democracy within the individual firm and society at large. To fulfill these objectives the author draws on the results of research carried out in the USA, Sweden, Denmark and Ireland. By making a comparative international study he contrasts an individualist approach to economic democracy with a collective approach.

Spis treści

1. Financial Democracy and Financial Participation 2. The Practice, Function and Results of North American Profit Sharing 3. Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) in the United States - Worker Capitalism? 4. Economic Democracy in and the Swedish Labour Movement 5. Economic Democracy in Demark - Postponement or Cancellation? 6. Profit Sharing/Employee Shareholding in Ireland - A Review

O autorze

Daryl D'Art