György Széll & Paul Blyton 
The State, Trade Unions and Self-Management [PDF ebook] 
Issues of Competence and Control

Frontmatter – Preface – Contents – 1. Introduction: The Role of Competence in Participation, Workers’ Control, and Self-Management – Part I: Participation and Co-Determination – Introduction – 2. “Worker Participation” in the United States: A Preliminary Analysis of Quality of Work Life Programs – 3. The Law as a Force for Change – 4. Co-Determination in the Federal Republic of Germany – An Appraisal of a Secular Experience – 5. A Political Bargaining Theory of Co-Determination – Part II. Worker Co-operatives and Labour-Owned Firms – Introduction – 6. The Role of Support Organisations in Developing Worker Co-operatives: A Model for Promoting Economic and Industrial Democracy? – 7. Consulting for Second Order Change – 8. Self-Management in Wales: Trade Union Encouragement of Worker Co-operatives – 9. The Possibilities and Limits of Self-Management in Cameroonian Enterprises: The Case of an Artisanal Co-operative in the Building Trade – Part III. Economic Change, Labour, and the Unions – Introduction – 10. New Work Processes, Unregulated Capitalism and the Future of Labour – 11. Belgian Unionism and Self-Management1 – 12. Trade Unions and the Challenge of Modernisation and Computerisation in France – 13. Technical Change and Informal Participation: The Role of Competence and Control in Administrative Work – Part IV. The State and Self-Management – Introduction – 14. Limited Expertise and Local Autonomy – 15. Organizations and Society: On Power Relationships – 16. The Impact of State Intervention on Workers’ Control: A Case Study of Autogestion in Algeria – Part V. Education and Competence – Introduction – 17. An Inter-Organizational Analysis of Competence – 18. The Prospects of Industrial Democracy in the Context of the Proposed New Educational Policy in India – 19. Cooperation Between Universities and Unions – 20. Conclusion: Competence and Organizational Democracy: Concluding Reflections – List of Contributors – Backmatter