Title: The Meaning of National Guilds: With a New Preface and a New Chapter on Current Problems; Bolshevism, the Social Theory of Functional Democarcy, the Expansion of the Co-Operative Movement, Major Douglas''s Credit Proposals, the Building Guilds Movement
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Publication Date: 2018
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0331756889
ISBN 13: 9780331756883
Binding: HRD
Condition: New
Weight: 642 grams

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Explore how worker power and industrial democracy could reshape modern industry.

This thought‑provoking work examines the rise of national guilds as a practical alternative to traditional capitalism and trade unionism. It blends critique with a bold blueprint for organizing industry from within, focusing on how workers, professionals, and employers might share control to produce better goods and services.

The book traces key ideas about leadership, discipline, and collective action, emphasizing the need to move beyond old class battles. It discusses the salariat, the role of professionals, and the potential of a guild-based system to align interests across all levels of work. It also highlights concrete experiments in building and industry, including the Building Guild movement and cooperative credit, that illustrate how a national framework could coordinate production, supply, and craft.

Learn the case for industrial democracy and how guilds could reorganize work from the ground up
See how practical schemes like the Building Guild movement propose democratic control and shared responsibility
Explore how cooperation between workers, professionals, and capital could improve efficiency, standards, and craftsmanship
Consider leadership and discipline as essential to making any such system work

Ideal for readers interested in labor history, industrial reform, and alternative economic models that emphasize participation, fairness, and real-world organization.

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