The Division of Labour, Capitalism and Socialism

An Alternative to Sayer

Bibliographic Data

ID4382447
AuthorsJamie Gough (0000-0003-2591-5744, Northumbria University), Aram Eisenschitz (Middlesex University)
Year1997
Volume21
Issue1
Pages23-37
Publication date1997-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0309-1317 • E-ISSN: 1468-2427
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1468-2427.00056
OpenAlexW2012484298
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited12

Sayer (1995) has argued that the division of labour has a structure that is distinct from capitalist relations of production, and, following Hayek, that it is determined most strongly by the use of knowledge by enterprises. Conscious coordination or alteration of the division of labour therefore usually result in reduced efficiency and in an authoritarian suppression of difference. In this article we argue that the division of labour in capitalism is strongly determined by conflict within and between classes, and that in the short term socialist policy can and should aim to alter it. A model of socialist economic coordination is presented which is feasible and ameliorates many of the problems of the capitalist division of labour. This model would enable the development rather than suppression of positive differences

Authoritarianism · Capitalism · Democracy · Division of labour · Economic system · Economics · Market economy · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Socialism · Sociology · Economic Theory and Institutions · Economic Theory and Policy · Law · Political Economy and Marxism

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