Bibliograph

Ours to master and to own:, workers' councils from the commune to the present, Immanuel Ness and Dario Azzellini, editors

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Ours to master and to own:, workers' councils from the commune to the present, Immanuel Ness and Dario Azzellini, editors

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Ours to master and to own:

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Immanuel Ness and Dario Azzellini, editors

Sub title

workers' councils from the commune to the present

Summary

From the dawning of the industrial epoch, wage earners have organized themselves into unions, fought bitter strikes, and gone so far as to challenge the very premises of the system by creating institutions of democratic self-management aimed at controlling production without bosses. With specific examples drawn from every corner of the globe and every period of modern history, this path breaking volume comprehensively traces this often underappreciated historical tradition. Ripe with lessons drawn from historical and contemporary struggles for workers' control, Ours to Master and to Own is essential reading for those struggling to create a new world from the ashes of the old. Immanuel Ness is professor of political science at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, and edits WorkingUSA. Dario Azzellini is a writer, documentary director, and political scientist at Johannes Kepler University in Linz

Target audience

adult

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