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Record Nr.

UNINA9910720059603321

Autore

Cukier Alexis

Titolo

Democratic Work : Radical Democracy and the Future of Labour / / by Alexis Cukier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023

ISBN

3-031-27856-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 pages)

Collana

Marx, Engels, and Marxisms, , 2524-7131

Altri autori (Persone)

KhalifaJean-Charles

PrendivilleBrendan

Disciplina

306.36

Soggetti

Political science

Marxian school of sociology

Political science - Philosophy

Marxian economics

Political sociology

Political Theory

Marxist Sociology

Political Philosophy

Marxist Economics

Political Sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1.Introduction -- Part I: Democratic Criticism of Work -- 2. Chapter 1 : The Political Meaning of the Critique of Work -- 3.Chapter 2. Neoliberalism versus Democratic Work -- Part II: Theoretical Models and Political Issues -- 4.Chapter 3. The class struggle : revolutionising institutions to democratise labour -- 5.Chapter 4. Industrial democracy: democratising work to transform institutions -- 6.Chapter 5. Materialist feminism: the democratic stakes of the definition of work-for -- 7.Chapter 6. Political ecology : what kind of work does the critique of productivism lead to ? -- Part III: Work, democratic experiments -- 8.Chapter 7. Self-management: towards a revolution in the process, organisation and division of labour -- 9.Chapter. 8. Workers’ councils and council democracy: towards a democratic



transformation of the company, the State, and the municipality -- 10. Conclusion. .

Sommario/riassunto

"This book is an exceptionally rich study that will mark a major intervention in the live discussions on the social and political centrality of work. Cukier investigates the many ways in which democratic life depends on the democratic control of the economy, from workplaces to the economy as a whole." –Jean-Philippe Deranty, Professor of Philosophy, Macquarie University, Australia. This book proposes a radical transformation of labour institutions, in order to lay the foundation for the democratization of society rather than capitalist accumulation. Using an empirical analysis of the contemporary world of work, Alexis Cukier examines the democratic meaning of today’s critique of work organization and questions the theoretical models (linked to class struggles and to industrial democracy) to conceive of a "democratic work." Considering particular historical experiments (such as cooperatives, self-management, worker’s councils) that try to realize democracy at work, this book also analyzes the political issue of "democratic work" in relation to issues such as labour law, feminist struggles and political ecology. Ultimately, this book proposes some institutional paths that could overtake the divide between the rights of the citizens and the rights of the workers, arguing finally: if we really want to radicalize democracy, we should begin with democratizing work. Alexis Cukier is Associate Professor of Moral and Political Philosophy and member of the research laboratory Métaphysique Allemande et Philosophie Pratique, University of Poitiers, France. .