Work, Alienation, and Social Control

I n recent years there has arisen a sophistication which understands that the abolition of private property alone will not guarantee the end of exploitation. The problem has been posed as: how does one check bureaucracy? The problem is a real one. In socialist thought the “new” answer is to raise again the theme of “workers’ control.” This has shaped the demand for comites d’entreprise in France, for Mitbestimmungsrecht in Germany, and is ...