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The Experiences of employees participation in Spanish workers' cooperatives and their impact on EC's social and labor policy

Research Project

Project/Area Number 02630034
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 経済事情及び政策学
Research InstitutionRitsumeikan University

Principal Investigator

SATO Makoto  Faculty of International Relatives, Ritsumeikan University Associate Professor, 国際関係学部, 助教授 (70205962)

Project Period (FY) 1990 – 1991
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1991)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 1991: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 1990: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
KeywordsEuropean Community / Social and Labor policy / Social Economy / Workers' Cooperative / European Cooperative statute / Employees' participation / Cooperative Principles / Endogenous Development / 欧州会社法 / 欧州労働協議会 / モンドラゴン / EC社会憲章 / ポスト・フォ-ディズム / スペイン / 自主管理
Research Abstract

The recent development of workers' cooperative movement in Southern Europe, particularly in Spain centering around Mondragon Cooperatives, has given a desirable impact on the international cooperative movement. It is significant not only because such development demonstrates the viability of workers' self-management in cooper-ative sector but also it may give some alternative model of development to the third world after the collapse of Soviet-type socialist economy.
The workers' cooperatives are now understood as a nucleus institution for 'social economy', an important concept of European Unions. Social economy could be explained as all kinds of economic activities which aims at acheeving various social purposes rather than simple making profits through democratic management by working poeple themselves. The recent draft proposal by the EC Commission over the Directive for a European Cooperative Statute is just an example which indicates tnat EC sees the legal framework of cooperatives at European level more important as ever.
On the other hand the debate over the method and extent of employees' participation in the capitalist companies, multi-nationals in particular, has still continued, searchig for some compromising point. Yet it is certain that the realization of employees' participation in Europe in whatever form as well as the recent development of the cooperatives sector will give an great impact on Japanese economy.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1991 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1990 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All Other

All Publications (4 results)

  • [Publications] 佐藤 誠: "労働者参加と社会的経済にみるEC統合" 立命館国際研究. 5巻1号. (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1991 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 佐藤 誠: "モンドラゴン研究の現状と今後の課題" 仕事の発見. 18号. 17-20 (1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1991 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] SATO Makoto: "European Unions from the viewpoint of workers' participation and Social Economy" The Ritsumeikan Journal of International Studies. 5, No1. (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1991 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 佐藤 誠: "労働者参加と社会的経済にみるEC統合" 立命館国際研究. 5巻1号. (1992)

    • Related Report
      1991 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1990-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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