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100			_aCumbers, Andrew _96444
245			_aThe case for economic democracy
260			_bPolity Press _aCambridge _c2020
300			_aviii, 140 p.
365			_aUSD _b12.95
504			_aTABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter One: A Brief History of Economic Democracy as Industrial Democracy Chapter Two: The Three Pillars of Economic Democracy Chapter Three: Putting Economic Democracy into Practice Conclusion Notes References
520			_aDESCRIPTION The idea that the people have a right to shape political decisions through democratic means is widely accepted. The same cannot be said of the decisions that impact on our everyday economic life in the workplace and beyond. Andrew Cumbers shows why this is wrong, and why, in the context of the rising tide of populism and the perceived crisis of liberal democracy, economic democracy's time has come. Four decades of market deregulation, financialisation, economic crisis and austerity has meant a loss of economic control and security for the majority of the world's population. The solution must involve allowing people to 'take back control' of their economic lives. Cumbers goes beyond older traditions of economic democracy to develop an ambitious new framework that includes a traditional concern with workplace rights and collective bargaining, but shifts the focus to include consideration of individual economic rights and processes of public engagement and deliberation beyond the workplace. This topical and original book will be essential reading for anyone interested in radical solutions for our economic and political crises.
650			_aSocial justice _97198
650			_aDemocratization _97186
650			_aDistributive justice _98243
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