{"product_id":"design-of-a-worker-cooperatives-society-an-alternative-beyond-capitalism-and-socialism-and-the-transition-towards-it-9789004531079","title":"Design of a Worker Cooperatives Society: An Alternative Beyond Capitalism and Socialism, and the Transition Towards It","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface and acknowledgements    General introduction    Part One Design of the organisation of a worker cooperatives society    1 Preview of the main elements of the design’s worker cooperatives society    2 Design of the economy of a worker cooperatives society: economic democracy and the organisation of cooperatives    3 Design of the state in a worker cooperatives society: democratic governance of the state and the organisation of state institutions    4 Municipal and provincial administrations    5 International economic relations    Part Two From modifying capitalism to transition    Introduction to Part Two    6 The modification of capitalist practices by ‘worker-owned cooperatives’ and similar democratic enterprises    7 Circumstances just before the transition: financial and real estate markets and the scope of capital flight    8 Transition to a worker cooperatives society    General summary    References  Index of names  Index of subjects  Abbreviations  Extended list of contents","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210858553687,"sku":"9789004531079","price":188.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/design-of-a-worker-cooperatives-society-an-alternative-beyond-capitalism-and-socialism-and-the-transition-towards-it-9789004531079","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}