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By John F. Witte

FROM THE PREFACE: “This book is about industrial democracy in an American corporation. Throughout I will be referring to the term democracy in a somewhat extreme form in relation to the current usage of the word in American theories of organization. I have not considered workers' participation as merely a progressive management technique or a vague approach to a more "humanized" work place. Although I am not condemning these innovations for the ends they seek, it is nevertheless the case that most American experiments in this vein have taken advantage of the symbolic value of democracy* while not applying the basic principles of democ- racy as it is conceived in political theory.”

Chicago. University of Chicago Press. 1980. 220p.

By Arthur Pearl And Frank Riessman

From the Preface: “The current trend in most of the human service areas, such as social work and psychiatry, is for an increasingratio of time to be spent on consultation, supervision, teaching, and a decreasing proportion of time in direct service. Thus, there is considerable need for service-orientated people and we believe that the indigenous low-income nonprofessional can fill this important vacuum. In this sense, the term "non- professional" is limited because it does not specify the nature of the tasks to be performed; the usefulness of the term, however, lies in calling attention to certain distinctions between a professional orientation and the performance of various tasks by people whosetraining si less inclusive than that of professionals, but who may have specific contribu- tions to make in the performance of tasks related to the helping professions. This book is principally concerned with one type of nonprofessional, namely the indigenous nonprofes- sional working in economically disadvantaged communities.”

NY. The Free Press. 1965. 275p. CONTAINS MARK-UP

By Daniel Zwerdling

From the cover: "Of all the issues inspired by the political ferment of the 1960s, few have shown as much staying power as that cluster of concerns under the head- ing 'quality of working life! As the 1960s boom has been replaced by the 1970s recession, the discussion surrounding worker ownership and self-management has, fi anything, increased. What began with vague references to 'blue-collar blues' and 'alienation in the work-place' has evolved into the practical consideration of concrete alternatives. Now, Daniel Zwerdling has provided a useful overview of recent experi- ments in the reorganization of work in both the United States and Europe. "Taking as his theme the assertion that in a society which is founded on the ideals of democracy, there is no democracy at work' Zwerdling catalogues a series of case studies, each a recent attempt to encourage more worker participation in the processes of industrial enterprises....”

NY. Harper Colophon Books. Harper & Row, Publishers. 1978. 202p. CONTAINS MARK-UP.