PRODUCTIVE PRAGMATISM: Industrial democracy under neoliberal capitalist conditions

• Published in: International journal of action research Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 7 - 48
• Main Authors: Ravn, Johan E., Imaz Alias, Oier, Ortega, Igor, Haga, Trond Sanne, Greenwood, Davydd J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Leverkusen Verlag Barbara Budrich 31.05.2023
• Subjects: Capitalism; Comparative analysis; Corporate culture; Industrial democracy; Labor unions; Neoliberalism; Open systems; Participation; Political behavior; Pragmatism; Strategic planning; System theory

This essay presents two case examples of the context and practices of industrial democracy: Norwegian industrial democracy exemplified with the Aker case and the Mondragon Cooperative Experience (a term Mondragon often uses to describe its whole structure and history). The comparison illustrates the...