Alternative Economic Arrangements
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http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/thesescanada/vol2/003/NR92771.pdf "Since the years spanning the collapse of Argentina’s neoliberal model, almost 9,400 workers have occupied and now self-manage over 200 once-investor-owned or... more
In the last decade many Argentine enterprises became bankrupt, inspiring thousands of workers to take them over and resume production by forming cooperatives. In 2004, the Programme for Self-Managed Work became the instrument by which the... more
Se analiza la historia del surgimiento de los cultivos de soja en Argentina, su expansión y sus consecuencias tecnológicas, ambientales y sociales, hasta el año 2000.
A qualitative study of an APIL of artisans was carried out to implement the methodology of study of the APIL in Cuban conditions. The footwear industry in Camajuaní, mostly belongs to the private sector, formed by groups of artisans and... more
Este trabajo propone un enfoque de democracia económica como alternativa del modelo neoliberal. El diagnostico y propuestas se hace para el caso Chileno pero sus implicancias son mas generales y aplicables a otras sociedades.
"The paper begins: Everyone goes through some form of schooling, not just in their youth but, in its widest definition, all their working lives. Schooling, in the sense it is being employed here is intimately connected with... more
Recently, it has become increasingly recognised that self-servicing is a growing rather than declining phenomenon. To explain this, a range of competing theories have emerged which variously portray those engaged in self-servicing either... more
There exist interconnected and relational linkages between the increasing in informal occupations and employment, the expansion in state social grants, and the transformation of work and economic restructuring. This essay will attempt to... more
Os chamados Stand-by Arrangements e, por conseqüência, as Cartas de Intenções que deles fazem parte, têm se tornado através dos tempos os dois instrumentos mais importantes de negociação com o FMI. Não obstante sua natureza e emprego... more
Developing community involvement: contrasting local and regional participatory cultures in Britain and their implications for policy, Reg. Studies 37, 531–541. This paper evaluates critically the implications and legitimacy of the... more
Most studies of paid informal exchange evaluate its varying magnitude across space and social groups. Little attention, however, has been paid to the variable nature of paid informal exchange. Instead, the unchallenged assumption is... more
El supuesto central del modelo de gobierno de las cooperativas, empresas objeto de estudio en este artículo, radica, como bien señala el Segundo Principio Cooperativo de la ACI, citado más arriba, en que son organizaciones gestionadas... more
Recently, it has become increasingly recognised that self-servicing is a growing rather than declining phenomenon. To explain this, a range of competing theories have emerged which variously portray those engaged in self-servicing either... more
Recently, it has become increasingly recognised that self-servicing is a growing rather than declining phenomenon. To explain this, a range of competing theories have emerged which variously portray those engaged in self-servicing either... more
This article reports the first cross-national evaluation of the prevalence of a little discussed wage arrangement where formal employers pay their formal employees two wages, one declared and the other an undeclared 'envelope wage'.... more