Workers' self-management, recovered companies and the sociology of work
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Ozarow, D. and Croucher, R. 2014. Workers' self-management, recovered companies and the sociology of work. Sociology. 48 (5), pp. 989-1006. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038514539064
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Title | Workers' self-management, recovered companies and the sociology of work |
Authors | Ozarow, D. and Croucher, R. |
Abstract | We analyse how far Argentina’s worker-recovered companies (WRCs) have sustained themselves and their principles of equity and workers’ self-management since becoming widespread following the country’s 2001–2 economic crisis. Specialist Spanish-language sources, survey data and documents are analysed through four key sociological themes. We find that the number of WRCs has increased in Argentina, and that they represent a viable production model. Further, they have generally maintained their central principles and even flourished. This occurred despite the global economic crisis, legal and financial pressures to adopt capitalist practices and management structures, the risk of market absorption and state attempts to coopt, demobilise and epoliticise the movement. We argue that today they function as a much-needed international beacon of an alternative vision for |
Keywords | Argentina; cooperatives; labour; Marxism; social movements; worker-recovered companies; workers' self-management |
Research Group | Employment Relations group |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Journal | Sociology |
ISSN | 0038-0385 |
Electronic | 1469-8684 |
Publication dates | |
01 Oct 2014 | |
Online | 14 Oct 2014 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 21 Nov 2014 |
Accepted | 01 Mar 2014 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Copyright Statement | © The Author(s) 2014. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page. |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038514539064 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84908514635 |
Web of Science identifier | WOS:000343904200009 |
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Has metadata | http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84908514635&partnerID=MN8TOARS |
Language | English |
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