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Democratic process, mediated models and the reconstitution of meaning in democratic organizations: Trade union cooperatives in South Africa.

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Title/Author:	Democratic process, mediated models and the reconstitution of meaning in democratic organizations: Trade union cooperatives in South Africa./
Author:	Adato, Michelle.
Description:	417 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 57-04, Section: A, page: 1868.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International57-04A.
Subject:	Sociology, Industrial and Labor Relations. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9628427

Democratic process, mediated models and the reconstitution of meaning in democratic organizations: Trade union cooperatives in South Africa.
Adato, Michelle.

Democratic process, mediated models and the reconstitution of meaning in democratic organizations: Trade union cooperatives in South Africa. - 417 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 57-04, Section: A, page: 1868.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Cornell University, 1996.

Through a study of producer cooperatives started by South African trade unions in the 1980s, this dissertation is an effort to understand the course traveled in the construction of democratic organizations at the local level, and what these experiences say about the nature of democracy in general and in the South African context in particular. The unions' interest in producer cooperatives grew from their commitment to liberal democratic values, participatory democracy and worker control. The course these cooperatives took, however, was shaped by meanings coop workers gave to the concepts, practices and relationships introduced by these new organizations, derived from a repertoire of experience, identities and discourses constituted in the mines, factories, trade unions, villages and households from which they came. Meanings and practices associated with democracy and authority were brought from these contexts and reproduced, reinterpreted and reconstituted in the cooperatives. Drawing on notions of contingency, hegemony and meaning, this dissertation seeks to explain why things did not work out just as planned; why people do or do not embrace new forms of organization; or take their own path in making sense of the process.Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Sociology, Industrial and Labor Relations.

Democratic process, mediated models and the reconstitution of meaning in democratic organizations: Trade union cooperatives in South Africa.
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520 $a Through a study of producer cooperatives started by South African trade unions in the 1980s, this dissertation is an effort to understand the course traveled in the construction of democratic organizations at the local level, and what these experiences say about the nature of democracy in general and in the South African context in particular. The unions' interest in producer cooperatives grew from their commitment to liberal democratic values, participatory democracy and worker control. The course these cooperatives took, however, was shaped by meanings coop workers gave to the concepts, practices and relationships introduced by these new organizations, derived from a repertoire of experience, identities and discourses constituted in the mines, factories, trade unions, villages and households from which they came. Meanings and practices associated with democracy and authority were brought from these contexts and reproduced, reinterpreted and reconstituted in the cooperatives. Drawing on notions of contingency, hegemony and meaning, this dissertation seeks to explain why things did not work out just as planned; why people do or do not embrace new forms of organization; or take their own path in making sense of the process.
520 $a This research involved two years of fieldwork, conducted from 1991-93. Semi-structured interviews and participant observation were the primary methods used, guided by interpretivist and critical research methodologies.
520 $a It is argued that "democracy" is not a set of procedures and institutions that organizations either conform to or do not. It is rather a continuously evolving process: a rocky, windy, sometimes hair-raising and--above all--educative journey that involves trying out ideas; exploring iterative solutions to problems and dilemmas; finding adaptations that speak to local meanings, priorities and conditions; and learning through practice. In moving from one social context or organizational setting to another, democratic practices and concepts must be flexible in order to remain democratic. Though democratic process does not produce a map, it generates insights and lessons useful for other organizations setting out on their own course. These cooperatives thus provide a window into the challenges and rewards awaiting South Africa's people as they navigate through the process of building a new democratic society.
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