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An urgent and deeply resonant case for the power of workplace
democracy to restore balance between economy and society. What
happens to a society-and a planet-when capitalism outgrows
democracy? The tensions between democracy and capitalism are
longstanding, and they have been laid bare by the social effects of
COVID-19. The narrative of "essential workers" has provided thin
cover for the fact that society's lowest paid and least empowered
continue to work risky jobs that keep our capitalism humming.
Democracy has been subjugated by the demands of capitalism. For
many, work has become unfair. In Democratize Work, essays from a
dozen social scientists-all women-articulate the perils and
frustrations of our collective moment, but they also see the
current crisis as an opportunity for renewal and transformation.
Amid mounting inequalities tied to race, gender, and class-and with
huge implications for the ecological fate of the planet-the authors
detail how adjustments in how we organize work can lead to sweeping
reconciliation. By treating workers as citizens, treating work as
something other than an asset, and treating the planet as something
to be cared for, a better way is attainable. Building on
cross-disciplinary research, Democratize Work is both a rallying
cry and an architecture for a sustainable economy that fits the
democratic project of our societies.
This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. This valuable
compendium provides an overview of the variables and consequences
of oceanic carbon cycling in the context of climate change. The
chapters highlight the importance of marine plankton in carbon
processing as well as the effects of rising CO2 and temperature in
their functioning. Marine ecosystems are being increasingly
threatened by growing human pressures, including climate change.
Understanding the consequences that climate change may have is
crucial to predict the future of our oceans. Rising temperatures
and ocean acidification may profoundly alter the mode of matter and
energy transformation in marine ecosystems, which could have
irreversible consequences for our planet on ecological timescales.
For that reason, the scientific community has engaged in the grand
challenge of studying the variables and consequences of oceanic
carbon cycling in the context of climate change, which has emerged
as a relevant field of science. The book is broken into four
sections: Understanding the Importance of Ocean Biogeochemistry
Quantifying Oceanic Carbon Variables Phytoplankton and Oceanic
Carbon Cycle Ocean Acidification Edited by a researcher with many
years of experience and with contributions from scientists from
around the world, this volume explores the most important topics on
climate change and oceanic carbon cycling.
Although contemporary Western societies refer to themselves as
"democratic," the bulk of the population spend much of their lives
in workplaces that are severely undemocratic, even tyrannical.
Gigantic corporations such as Amazon, Meta, Exxon, and Walmart are
now among the richest and most powerful institutions in the world
yet accountable to no one but a limited number of shareholders. The
undemocratic nature of conventional firms generates profound
problems across society, including domination at work,
environmental destruction, and spiralling inequality. Against this
backdrop, Isabelle Ferreras proposes a radical but realistic
solution to democratizing 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.
When people go to work, they cease to be citizens. At their desks
they are transformed into employees, subordinate to the hierarchy
of the workplace. The degree of their sense of voicelessness may
vary from employer to employer, but it is real and growing,
inflamed by populist propaganda that ridicules democracy as weak
and ineffective amid global capitalism. At the same time,
corporations continue untouched and even unremarked as a major
source of the problem. Relying on 'economic bicameralism' to
consider firms as political entities, this book sheds new light on
the institutions of industrial relations that have marked the
twentieth century, and argues that it is time to recognize that
firms are a peculiar institution that must be properly organized in
order to unshackle workers' motivation and creativity, and begin
nurturing democracy again. For more information, please visit the
accompanying website: www.firmsaspoliticalentities.net.
When people go to work, they cease to be citizens. At their desks
they are transformed into employees, subordinate to the hierarchy
of the workplace. The degree of their sense of voicelessness may
vary from employer to employer, but it is real and growing,
inflamed by populist propaganda that ridicules democracy as weak
and ineffective amid global capitalism. At the same time,
corporations continue untouched and even unremarked as a major
source of the problem. Relying on 'economic bicameralism' to
consider firms as political entities, this book sheds new light on
the institutions of industrial relations that have marked the
twentieth century, and argues that it is time to recognize that
firms are a peculiar institution that must be properly organized in
order to unshackle workers' motivation and creativity, and begin
nurturing democracy again. For more information, please visit the
accompanying website: www.firmsaspoliticalentities.net.
This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. This valuable
compendium provides an overview of the variables and consequences
of oceanic carbon cycling in the context of climate change. The
chapters highlight the importance of marine plankton in carbon
processing as well as the effects of rising CO2 and temperature in
their functioning. Marine ecosystems are being increasingly
threatened by growing human pressures, including climate change.
Understanding the consequences that climate change may have is
crucial to predict the future of our oceans. Rising temperatures
and ocean acidification may profoundly alter the mode of matter and
energy transformation in marine ecosystems, which could have
irreversible consequences for our planet on ecological timescales.
For that reason, the scientific community has engaged in the grand
challenge of studying the variables and consequences of oceanic
carbon cycling in the context of climate change, which has emerged
as a relevant field of science. The book is broken into four
sections: Understanding the Importance of Ocean Biogeochemistry
Quantifying Oceanic Carbon Variables Phytoplankton and Oceanic
Carbon Cycle Ocean Acidification Edited by a researcher with many
years of experience and with contributions from scientists from
around the world, this volume explores the most important topics on
climate change and oceanic carbon cycling.
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