Design of a Worker Cooperatives Society

An Alternative Beyond Capitalism and Socialism, and the Transition Towards It

AvGeert Reuten

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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What would an alternative to contemporary capitalism look like? In this book, Geert Reuten sets out a detailed design of a democratic society organised in worker cooperatives, followed by an equally detailed democratic transition to it, thereby making a convincing case. In Reuten’s design, Workers constitute the single economic class. However, unlike in capitalism, there is no class that owns the means of production. The legal structure of worker cooperatives is such that workers have full rights to the fruits of the cooperative without owning it, and yet the state does not own the cooperatives either. Interestingly, worker councils in the economic and state domains vote on all economically relevant matters. In Reuten’s work, the free choice of occupation and of specific consumer goods is even larger than in capitalism.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-10-26
Mått:155 x 235 x 37 mm
Vikt:839 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Historical Materialism Book Series
Antal sidor:478
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004531079

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Geert Reuten, PhD (1988) taught economics at the University of Amsterdam’s School of Economics, where he is currently a guest research associate. He has authored four academic books, edited six volumes, and published 80 academic articles (http://reuten.eu). For nine years he was a member of the Senate of the Netherlands for the Socialist Party.

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Preface and acknowledgementsGeneral introductionPart One Design of the organisation of a worker cooperatives society1 Preview of the main elements of the design’s worker cooperatives society2 Design of the economy of a worker cooperatives society: economic democracy and the organisation of cooperatives3 Design of the state in a worker cooperatives society: democratic governance of the state and the organisation of state institutions4 Municipal and provincial administrations5 International economic relationsPart Two From modifying capitalism to transitionIntroduction to Part Two6 The modification of capitalist practices by ‘worker-owned cooperatives’ and similar democratic enterprises7 Circumstances just before the transition: financial and real estate markets and the scope of capital flight8 Transition to a worker cooperatives societyGeneral summaryReferencesIndex of namesIndex of subjectsAbbreviationsExtended list of contents