The Politics of Workers' Participation

ContentsPreface List of Acronyms 1 Theoretical Framework for the Comparative Study of Workers' Participation The Political Nature of the Problem Workers Participation in Different Types of Political and Economic Systems Structural Designs for Workers Participation at the Enterprise Level Workers Participation in Developed Capitalist Democratic Systems Workers Participation in Developing Socialist Authoritarian Systems Workers Participation in Developing Capitalist Authoritarian Systems Outline of This Study Workers' Participation in France, Germany, Sweden, and Yugoslavia France Federal Republic of Germany Sweden Yugoslavia 3 Origins, Purpose, and Design of Workers' Participation within the Framework of the Peruvian Revolution Origins: Background for the Revolution Ideology of the Peruvian Revolution Purpose of Workers Participation The Structural Design of Participation: Compromise among Competing Conceptions Reactions of Entrepreneurs and Unions Participation at the Enterprise Level: Its Development and Effects on the Relations among Enterprises, the CI, and Unions Data Base General State of Labor Relations Ignorance, Uncertainty, and Opposition vis-à-vis the CI, and the Role of the OCLA Reasons for Complaints Determinants of the Overall Number of Complaints Effect of the Cl on Strike Behavior Relations between the CI and Unions Summary and implications 5 Dynamics in the Constellation of Sociopolitical Forces I: Opposition against and Mobilization in Defense of the CI 145 Entrepreneurial Opposition LaborsCountermobilization Governmental Reactions Failure of the Government's Attempts to Prevent the Emergence of Tendencies Promoting a Socialist Transformation Resolutions of the Congress of CIs Division through Direct Organizational Intervention Emargination through Legal Restrictions Potential and Weaknesses of CONACI 6 Dynamics in the Constellation of Sociopolitical Forces II: Increase in Unionization and Strike Activity, and the Government's Response The Situation in 1968 Divide, Co-opt, and Rule Setting Up a Government-Sponsored Organization Legal Controls Toleration of Violence and Exercise of Selective Repression Increase in Strike Activity Strike Patterns Confederations and Strike Behavior Implications for Relations among the Government, the Private Sector, and Organized Labor 7 Crisis, Polarization, Stagnation, and Reversal of the "Peruvian Revolution" The Elusive Socialist Alternative Economic Policies and the Financial Crisis Choice of Consolidation of the Capitalist Order Polarization and Repression Curtailment of the CI 8 Conclusion Origins of Workers Participation Purposes and Designs of Workers Participation Development and Effects of Workers Participation Supportive Policies for Workers Participation Predicaments and Possibilities for Future Developments Appendix I Appendix II Bibliography Subject Index