Why this book, now? Chapter 1 - Introduction Part One: Empirical Cases

Chapter 2 - Advanced Democratization in the American Plywood Industry

• Founding of Worker-Owned Firms
• System of Self-Government
• Productivity
• Earnings
• The Non-Owning Worker
• Unions
• Problems of Continuity
• Implications

Chapter 3 - Partial to Advanced Democratization: Illustrating the Range of Cases

• An Early Experience of Self-Management in Private Enterprise: The Bat'a Boot & Shoe Co.
• The Scanlon Plan in America
• Varieties of Democratization Under Worker Ownership:
• An Employee-Owned Conglomerate: The John Lewis Partnership
• The American Cast Iron Pipe Company
• The Scott-Bader Commonwealth
• Forms, and their Interaction

Part Two: The Research Findings: Six Necessary Components, their Forms, and their Interaction

Chapter 4 - First Component: Participation in Decision-Making

• Dimension I: Amount of Influence
• Dimension II: Range of Issues
• Dimension III: Level of Organization
• Change and Development

Chapter 5 - Second Component: Guraranteed (though Varying) Economic Return Chapter 6 - Third Component: Sharing Management-Level Information Chapter 7 - Fourth Component: Guaranteed Individual Rights

Chapter 8 - Fifth Component: Independent Judiciary

• Forms of the Appeals System
• Individual Rights vs. Collective Rights

Chapter 9 - Sixth Component: A Participatory/Democratic Consciousness

• Traits Related to Inputs of the Managing Process
• Traits Related to Outputs of the Managing Process
• Additional Traits Required for Leadership
• Quality of Relations and Atmosphere in a Firm
• Complications and Contradictions within the Consciousness
• The Question of Thresholds
• Growth or Decline of the Consciousness

Chapter 10 - Overview of the Components in Interaction Chapter 11 - Summary, Conclusions and Research Prospects

References Index