The Political Economy of Cooperatives and Socialism

ISBN-13: 9780367359874 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 230 str.

Bruno Jossa

Opis

This book argues that capitalism cannot be said to be truly democratic and that a system of producer cooperatives, or democratically managed enterprises, is needed to give rise to a new mode of production which is genuinely socialist and fully consistent with the ultimate rationale underlying Marx’s theoretical approach.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. A tentative assessment of the importance of the materialistic conception of history 2. Is historical materialism a deterministic approach? The democratic firm and the transition to socialism 3. Cooperation in the history of economic thought 4. Socialism today 5. Reform versus revolution: Struve’s critique of Marx 6. Competition in a democratic firm system: failures and constraints 7. On dialectics and the basic contradiction of capitalism 8. Is socialism a utopian dream? 9. Schweickart’s approach to economic demoracy 10. Richard Wolff’s democracy at work; a cure for capitalism 11. Critical perspectives on self-management theory 12. Marxist criticisms of democratic firm management

O autorze

Bruno Jossa has held teaching posts at the Universities of Pescara, Messina, Venice and Naples. He is a co-founder of the Associazione Italiana Per Lo Studio Dei Sistemi Economici Comparati, an association which he chaired in 1992–1993.