The Preston Model

Economic Democracy, Cooperation, and Paradoxes in Organisational and Social Identification

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2392233
AutoresIoannis Prinos (0000-0002-4931-302X, University of Lancashire, autor de correspondencia), John Manley (0000-0003-2548-8033, University of Lancashire), Julian Manley
Año2023
Volumen28
Número3
Páginas627-643
Fecha de publicación2023-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociological Research Online (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1360-7804 • E-ISSN: 1360-7804
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/13607804211069398
OpenAlexW4210843229
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas28

The 'Preston Model' (PM) has substantially improved the socio-economic outlook of Preston (UK). It is a community wealth-building approach, harnessing local economic power for a more resilient, environmentally sustainable, democratic economy and socially cohesive community, prioritising social value, through private and public sector partnerships. This qualitative research article investigates how people in local 'anchor institutions' (major wealth creators and employers 'anchored' in Preston) perceive the PM. Focusing on economic democracy and solidarity, and building on organisational and social identity theory, its relation with democratic participation, organisational identification and pride processes enabling social change is examined. Most interviewees doubt its organisational and local impact; nevertheless, they exhibit a sense of pride as its 'drivers', attributing to it 'higher' ethical values. While the PM exerts a subtle emotional, aspirational, and socio-cultural influence, it still represents a shifting, alternative socio-economic paradigm, emerging through both individual and collective assent, rather than specific policy directives

Democracy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Pride · Public relations · Sociology · Solidarity · Employment and Welfare Studies · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Political and Economic history of UK and US