Making the Case for Workplace Democracy
Exit and Voice as Mechanisms of Freedom in Social Life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6355239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tom Malleson (0000-0003-3708-7907, York University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 604-629 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Polity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3497 • E-ISSN: 1744-1684 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1057/pol.2013.20 |
| OpenAlex | W2059556130 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 29 |
This article contrasts associations where members' freedom can be safeguarded by the capacity to "exit" with associations where freedom requires democratic "voice." The article first examines several familiar types of associations in an effort to illuminate the extent to which workers have an inherent right to a democratic voice in their workplaces—or, workplace democracy. Although workplaces are typically contrasted with states, towns, and clubs, a better analogy is with marriages. The article's central argument, which flows from this analogy, is that the current system of work is deeply unjust because most workers are compelled to join hierarchical workplaces within which they are structurally unequal. They thereby become, in a functional sense, servants. It is very difficult for the average worker to choose the alternative of workplace democracy. Although there is no inalienable right to workplace democracy, no one should be compelled to be subservient at work, and everyone should have a meaningful choice of democracy at work. For such a choice to be real, the state needs to facilitate the expansion of democratic workplaces
Analogy · Argument (complex analysis · Democracy · Employee voice · Epistemology · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · State (computer science · Work (physics · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Engineering · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Political Economy and Marxism
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |