Yugoslav Workers’ Selfmanagement

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VII

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2. Selfmanagement as an Integral Political System

   • Najdan Pašić

   Pages 1-29

3. Comment on Dr. Pašić’s Paper

   • T. B. Bottomore

   Pages 30-41

4. The Function of the Trade Unions in the Process of Establishing the Structure of the Yugoslav Society on a Basis of Workers’ Selfmanagement

   • Zoran Vidaković

   Pages 42-60

5. The Task of the Trade Unions in a System of Workers’ Selfmanagement

   • P. H. Hugenholtz

   Pages 61-75

6. Economic Efficiency and Workers’ Selfmanagement

   • Mitja Kamušič

   Pages 76-116

7. Does Selfmanagement Approach the Optimum Order?

   • Jan Tinbergen

   Pages 117-127

8. The Economic System and Workers’ Selfmanagement in Yugoslavia

   • Ivan Maksimović

   Pages 128-153

9. A Descent Towards Particulars

   • Peter Wiles

   Pages 154-171

10. The Director and Workers’ Management

    • Emerik Blum

    Pages 172-192

11. Comments to Mr. Blum’s Paper

    • A. Stikker

    Pages 193-215

12. Problems and Perspectives of Workers’ Selfmanagement in Yugoslavia

    • Rudi Supek

    Pages 216-241

13. On the Report by R. Supek Concerning the Conditions of Selfmanagement

    • P. Naville

    Pages 242-259

This book contains the Proceedings of a Conference held on 7-9 January 1970 in Amsterdam on the problems and perspectives of Yugoslav workers' self management. The Yugoslav writers were selected according to the criteria that they are competent in their field and that they have different viewpoints in their assessment of the system. We hope that the threefold purpose of this book will be attained, namely to provide a clearer insight for the Western reader into the Yugoslav system; secondly to confront Yugoslav society with the ques­ tions asked and the criticism voiced here with regard to the practice of workers' selfmanagement; and, lastly, to pay a modest tribute to the 20th anniversary of Yugoslav workers' self management. To be sure, the range of subjects treated in Amsterdam might seem to be rather wide, but one should bear in mind thaI this was unavoidable in the first large-scale confrontation of two different social systems outside Yugoslavia. Although the language used in this book may not always correspond with the official standards, we trust that the published texts will be easily readable for the benevolent reader.

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