Raymond Russell is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Riverside. He is the author of Sharing Ownership in the Workplace, also published by SUNY Press.

"This is a fresh, objective analysis of several extremely complicated issues. I particularly like the author's ability to examine his topic from a variety of perspectives: historical, political, and sociological. The narrative portions of the book are outstanding. The author writes well and addresses significant problems well beyond the immediate context of the study. The topic is significant and timely. Workplaces throughout the world, including the U.S., are undergoing major change, and the book explores with sensitivity the sometimes ambiguous relationship between democratic workplace practices and economic success and failure. There are lessons here for all of us." — Morris L. Fried, University of Connecticut

• List of Tables List of Figures Introduction 1. Worker Cooperatives in Israel's Labor Economy 2. The Formation and Dissolution of Worker Cooperatives in Israel, 1924-1992with Robert Hanneman 3. The Use of Hired Labor in Israeli Worker Cooperatives, 1933-1989with Robert Hanneman 4. Democracy and Oligarchy in Israeli Worker Cooperatives 5. Israel's Labor Economy between Crisis and Collapse 6. Do Israeli Worker Cooperatives Have a Future As Well As a Past? Appendix. Israeli Worker Cooperatives 1924-1933 Glossary Bibliography Index

Raymond Russell is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Riverside. He is the author of Sharing Ownership in the Workplace, also published by SUNY Press.

"This is a fresh, objective analysis of several extremely complicated issues. I particularly like the author's ability to examine his topic from a variety of perspectives: historical, political, and sociological. The narrative portions of the book are outstanding. The author writes well and addresses significant problems well beyond the immediate context of the study. The topic is significant and timely. Workplaces throughout the world, including the U.S., are undergoing major change, and the book explores with sensitivity the sometimes ambiguous relationship between democratic workplace practices and economic success and failure. There are lessons here for all of us." — Morris L. Fried, University of Connecticut

• List of Tables List of Figures Introduction 1. Worker Cooperatives in Israel's Labor Economy 2. The Formation and Dissolution of Worker Cooperatives in Israel, 1924-1992with Robert Hanneman 3. The Use of Hired Labor in Israeli Worker Cooperatives, 1933-1989with Robert Hanneman 4. Democracy and Oligarchy in Israeli Worker Cooperatives 5. Israel's Labor Economy between Crisis and Collapse 6. Do Israeli Worker Cooperatives Have a Future As Well As a Past? Appendix. Israeli Worker Cooperatives 1924-1933 Glossary Bibliography Index

Raymond Russell is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Riverside. He is the author of Sharing Ownership in the Workplace, also published by SUNY Press.

"This is a fresh, objective analysis of several extremely complicated issues. I particularly like the author's ability to examine his topic from a variety of perspectives: historical, political, and sociological. The narrative portions of the book are outstanding. The author writes well and addresses significant problems well beyond the immediate context of the study. The topic is significant and timely. Workplaces throughout the world, including the U.S., are undergoing major change, and the book explores with sensitivity the sometimes ambiguous relationship between democratic workplace practices and economic success and failure. There are lessons here for all of us." — Morris L. Fried, University of Connecticut

• List of Tables List of Figures Introduction 1. Worker Cooperatives in Israel's Labor Economy 2. The Formation and Dissolution of Worker Cooperatives in Israel, 1924-1992with Robert Hanneman 3. The Use of Hired Labor in Israeli Worker Cooperatives, 1933-1989with Robert Hanneman 4. Democracy and Oligarchy in Israeli Worker Cooperatives 5. Israel's Labor Economy between Crisis and Collapse 6. Do Israeli Worker Cooperatives Have a Future As Well As a Past? Appendix. Israeli Worker Cooperatives 1924-1933 Glossary Bibliography Index