Karl Marx: Founding Father of Workers' Self-Governance?

John E. Elliott
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John E. Elliott: University of Southern California

Economic and Industrial Democracy, 1987, vol. 8, issue 3, 293-321

Abstract: Using textual evidence, primarily from original sources, this article presents and evaluates the argument that workers' self-governance and self-management are central to Karl Marx's vision of the prospective post-capitalist society. Indeed, that Marx can reasonably be characterized as a founder of democratic workers' self-governance. Major rebuttal arguments which challenge Marx's credentials in democratic self-governance are also examined and assessed: these pertain to Marx's views on planning, market processes, association and broader arguments concerning the state, authority and freedom.

Date: 1987
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831X8783002

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