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Workers’ Participation in Yugoslavia

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The Yugoslav experiment of workers’ participation between 1941 and 1991 was an outstanding experience within recent history. It is a product of the struggle for independence during the Second World War and between the two world powers—that is, the Soviet Union and the United States—during the Cold War for an own, third way between state socialism and capitalism. The main protagonist was Edvard Kardelj (1910–1979). We can differentiate four phases, which were marked by six revisions of the Constitution. The Basic Organization of Associated Labour was the foundation of the system. Since the very beginning, there came various criticisms—from dogmatic Marxists to anti-communists. Nevertheless, the idea does not seem to be dead yet. For example, one of the biggest IT producers in the world, the Chinese company Huawei, is practicing workers’ participation since its creation in 1988.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    With regard to the complex history of Yugoslavia, please refer to the following publications: Dubey (1975), Furtak (1975), Meier (1999), Sundhaussen (1982, 1993, 2007, 2012), Wikipedia (2014a).

  2. 2.

    From 1945 until 1963, the initial official name of the state was ‘Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia’, from 1963 to 1991 it changed to ‘Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia’ and finally, after its dissolution, the rump republic—today’s Serbia and Montenegro—continued under the name of ‘Federal Republic of Yugoslavia’ until 2006.

  3. 3.

    For an earlier assessment on the topic, cf. Széll (1992a).

  4. 4.

    Good overviews are provided by the Institute for Social Government (1972), Bosković and Dasić (1980), Rus (1984), Medunarodna Politika (1970), Prainikar and Prawnikar (1986); also cf. the corresponding bibliographies (Leminsky 1973; N.N. 1971; Széll 1988).

  5. 5.

    Cf. part of Kardelj’s bibliography in the list of references: 1958, 1976, 1978, 1979a, b, 1981a, b; and the special issue Socialist Thought and Practice 30 (6), 3–136.

  6. 6.

    For sure the developments have been much more complex than this summary suggests (for more details cf. to: Furtak 1975; Sundhaussen 1982, 1993; Wikipedia 2014b).

  7. 7.

    Liotta (2001, p. 7); interestingly enough, when looking up the term ‘self-management’ in the Internet, the references given are mainly on health issues—the socio-political dimension of the concept seems to be completely forgotten. For a general overview, refer to Adizes (1971), Ardalan (1980), and Gramatzki (1972).

  8. 8.

    For further information, please see the introductory chapters of this volume by Berger, Wannöffel, and Pries.

  9. 9.

    This organization very much resembles the Chinese ‘Danwei’,except the latter had no democratic control whatsoever (Lu and Perry 1997).

  10. 10.

    See Sturmthal (1964), Garson (1975), Bertsch and Ganschow (1976), Rosenstein (1970), Supek (1981), Pribicević (1982), Koopman et al. (1993).

  11. 11.

    In parallel, a similar research committee was formed within the Association Internationale de Sociologues de Langue Française, chaired by Yvon Bourdet and the author.

  12. 12.

    For a critical evaluation of this critique, see Deiters et al. (1970).

  13. 13.

    Since 2007, a follow-up journal called Novi Plamen (“New Flame”) is published which pursues the tradition of the Praxis School.

  14. 14.

    For the issues 1981–1993, see https://www.ceeol.com/search/journal-detail?id=615

  15. 15.

    This holds true for the other socialist countries as well, except China (Deng 2012).

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Széll, G. (2019). Workers’ Participation in Yugoslavia. In: Berger, S., Pries, L., Wannöffel, M. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Workers’ Participation at Plant Level. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-48192-4_9

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