{"product_id":"the-myth-of-mondragon-cooperatives-politics-and-working-class-life-in-a-basque-town-9780791430040","title":"The Myth of Mondragon: Cooperatives, Politics, and Working Class Life in a Basque Town","description":"This is the first critical account of the internationally renowned Mondragon cooperatives of the Basque region of Spain. The Mondragon cooperatives are seen as the leading alternative model to standard industrial organization; they are considered to be the most successful example of democratic decision making and worker ownership. However, the author argues that the vast scholarly and popular literature on Mondragon idealizes the cooperatives by falsely portraying them as apolitical institutions and by ignoring the experiences of shop floor workers. She shows how this creation of an idealized image of the cooperatives is part of a new global ideology that promotes cooperative labor-management relations in order to discredit labor unions and working-class organizations; this constitutes what she calls the myth of Mondragon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sharryn Kasmir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.91h x 5.88w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791430040\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSharryn Kasmir\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology\/Anthropology at Knox College.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40133679382643,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_adaa91b7-dbbd-4d30-83a0-d2140cfb7d4e.jpg?v=1654175682","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-myth-of-mondragon-cooperatives-politics-and-working-class-life-in-a-basque-town-9780791430040","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}