Democratizing the Corporation
eBook - ePub

Democratizing the Corporation

The Bicameral Firm and Beyond

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Democratizing the Corporation

The Bicameral Firm and Beyond

About this book

Although contemporary Western societies refer to themselves as "democratic," the bulk of the population spend much of their lives in workplaces that have more in common with tyranny. Gigantic corporations such as Amazon, Meta, Exxon, and Walmart are among the richest and most powerful institutions in the world yet accountable to no one but their shareholders. The undemocratic nature of conventional firms generates profound problems across society, hurting more than just the workplace and contributing to environmental destruction and spiraling inequality.

Against this backdrop, Isabelle Ferreras proposes a radical but realistic plan to democratize the private firm. She suggests that all large firms should be bicamerally governed, with a chamber of worker representatives sharing equal governance power with the standard board representing owners. In response to this proposal, twelve leading experts on corporate behavior from multiple disciplines consider its attractiveness, viability, and achievability as a "real utopian" proposal to strengthen democracy in our time.

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Information

Publisher
Verso
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9781804294536
eBook ISBN
9781804294543

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. I. The Proposal
  10. II. Democracy at Work
  11. III. The Corporation and the Law
  12. IV. Nuts and Bolts of Economic Bicameralism
  13. V. Economic Democracy: The Big Picture
  14. VI. Conclusion
  15. Notes

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Yes, you can access Democratizing the Corporation by Isabelle Ferreras, Tom Malleson, Joel Rogers, Isabelle Ferreras,Tom Malleson,Joel Rogers in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Political Economy. We have over 1.5 million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.