Making Mondragon by William Foote Whyte

Making Mondragon by William Foote Whyte

Making Mondragon is a groundbreaking look at the history of worker ownership in the Spanish cooperative. First published in 1988, it remains the best source for those looking to glean a rich body of ideas for potential adaptation and implementation elsewhere from Mondragon's long and varied experience.

Making Mondragón should occupy a significant spot on the shelf of all organizational theorists, ethnographers of the workplace, and social scientists of administrationOnce again, William Foote Whyte... forges new ground and cements his place as one of the premier analysts and qualitative methodologists of American social science. In a career marked by distinction, this book is no exception.

* Administrative Science Quarterly *

This important work deserves attention both from those with a special interest in cooperatives and from organizational sociologists in general.

* American Journal of Sociology *

This well-researched study should be read by anyone with an interest in worker cooperatives, community economic development, and work redesign programs.

* Contemporary Sociology *

We have in this book not only lessons and prescriptions for organizational practice, but also the first step into a new academic discipline—social anthropology of advanced organizations.

* Organization Studies *

William F. Whyte was one of the first American scholars to give serious attention both to employee ownership in the U.S. and to the Mondragón worker cooperatives in the Basque region of Spain.... In this new book, Whyte and his wife and colleague, Kathleen Whyte, have provided the definitive narrative of the growth of the Mondragon cooperatives.... It is a remarkable story, and the Whytes' book provides a detailed description of how the co-ops developed.... Using extensive interview data, the Whytes provide a thorough political history.... While previous work has focused on the economic performance of Mondragón, this volume focuses on how Mondragón's leaders shaped the system and coped with challenges to it. It is a history compiled with care and obvious admiration. Anyone interested in the Mondragón story needs this book.

* Employee Ownership Report *

William Foote Whyte (1914–2000) was Professor of Sociology at Cornell University and the author of Street Corner Society; Participant Observer; and Learning from the Field. The late Kathleen King Whyte worked professionally as an editor and artist, collaborating with her husband, William Foote Whyte, on the field research for Making Mondragón and Learning from the Field.

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ISBN 13	9780875461823
ISBN 10	0875461824
Title	Making Mondragon
Author	William Foote Whyte
Series	Cornell International Industrial And Labor Relations Reports
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cornell University Press
Year published	1991-09-30
Number of pages	350
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