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Date: Thu Oct 11 2007 - 20:44:14 EDT
>ephemera announces the publication of a special issue on local >solidarity > >The new issue (7.3) of ephemera: theory & politics in organization, >entitled "Local Solidarity: Historical and Contemporary Experiments >in Socially Responsive Business Development" has just been published >at http://www.ephemeraweb.org. This latest special issue of ephemera >offers a critical engagement with and exploration of alternatives to >the normative framework of corporate social responsibility within >organization studies. Solidarity is a social bond of affection and >identity that unites family, tribe, ethnic group, and nation. It may >also extend to an inclusive view of humanity unmarred by invidious >distinctions. While all organizations and communities depend upon >group cohesion, solidarity is a special form of cooperation that may >transcend sectarian interests and boundaries. Among the social >institutions that may be described as instantiations of solidarity, >one would include social security, universal health care, >cooperatives, trade union federations, and social regulations of >broad public benefit. None of these reflect an abstract and >disinterested universalism. Rather, each links and realizes specific >interests within the context of universal guarantees. > >This special issue of ephemera incorporates a diverse set of case >studies: Charles J. Whalen’s analysis of labor friendly economic >development efforts in Western New York State, Latha Poonamallee’s >consideration of an Indian town’s struggles to avoid the perils of >globalization, Richard Marens’ account of labor’s pension fund >strategies, and John T. Luhman's study of the potential of worker >cooperatives as a tool for social change. We hope that the >explorations of this special issue will instigate an appreciation for >fresh work to be done, both in life and in contemporary organization >studies research practices. As our guest editor David Jacobs >suggest, all are experiments in “local solidarity,” solidaristic >initiatives which pursue shared economic security in an environment >dominated by large, hierarchical, profit-maximizing corporations. All >depend upon intertwined conceptions of enterprise and community > >Editorial >David Jacobs > >Local Solidarity: Historical and Contemporary Experiments in Socially >Responsive Business Development >http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/7-3/7-3editorial.pdf > > >Articles >Charles J. Whalen >Union-Driven Economic Development Initiatives and Community >Solidarity in Western New York >http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/7-3/7-3whalen.pdf > >Latha Poonamallee >Sustainability and Solidarity in a Globalized World: The Case of a >Local Network Economy in Rural India >http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/7-3/7-3poonamallee.pdf > >Richard Marens >Extending Frames and Breaking Windows:Labor Activists as Shareholder >Advocates >http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/7-3/7-3marens.pdf > >John T. Luhman >Worker-Ownership as an Instrument for solidarity and Social Change >http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/7-3/7-3luhman.pdf > > >Reviews >Nick Butler >The Management of Populations >http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/7-3/7-3butler.pdf > >Ian Parker >Jodi’s Dream >http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/7-3/7-3iparker1.pdf > >Ian Parker >The Parallax Review >http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/7-3/7-3iparker2.pdf > >Martin Parker >The Physics and Metaphysics of Struggle >http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/7-3/7-3mparker.pdf > >Scott Taylor >In defence of … the bourgeoisie and capitalism >http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/7-3/7-3taylor.pdf > > >-- >Stevphen Shukaitis >Autonomedia Editorial Collective >http://www.autonomedia.org >http://slash.interactivist.net > >"Autonomy is not a fixed, essential state. Like gender, autonomy is >created through its performance, by doing/becoming; it is a political >practice. To become autonomous is to refuse authoritarian and >compulsory cultures of separation and hierarchy through embodied >practices of welcoming difference... Becoming autonomous is a >political position for it thwarts the exclusions of proprietary >knowledge and jealous hoarding of resources, and replaces the social >and economic hierarchies on which these depend with a politics of >skill exchange, welcome, and collaboration. Freely sharing these with >others creates a common wealth of knowledge and power that subverts >the domination and hegemony of the master’s rule." - subRosa Collective > > > > >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: >https://lists.resist.ca/pipermail/aut-op-sy/attachments/20071011/394ca061/attachment-0001.htm > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:44:43 +0200 >From: "martin hardie" <martin.hardie@gmail.com> >Subject: Re: [AUT] new ephemera issue on local solidarity >To: "Autonomia, Operaismo, and Class Composition" > <aut-op-sy@lists.resist.ca> >Message-ID: > <7ff9538b0710110644g6b3c1a4as916e8050159c1aae@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > >but solidarity=? what's that got to do management? > >On 11/10/2007, stevphen shukaitis <stevphen@autonomedia.org> wrote: > > > > Let the insults fly ;) > > I designed the cover, so be extra harsh in yr assessment of it > > > > cheers > > stevphen > > > > > > *ephemera* announces the publication of a special issue on local > > solidarity > > > > The new issue (7.3) of *ephemera: theory & politics in organization*, > > entitled "Local Solidarity: Historical and Contemporary Experiments in > > Socially Responsive Business Development" has just been published at > > http://www.ephemeraweb.org. This latest special issue of *ephemera* >offers > > a critical engagement with and exploration of alternatives to the >normative > > framework of corporate social responsibility within organization >studies. > > Solidarity is a social bond of affection and identity that unites >family, > > tribe, ethnic group, and nation. It may also extend to an inclusive view >of > > humanity unmarred by invidious distinctions. While all organizations and > > communities depend upon group cohesion, solidarity is a special form of > > cooperation that may transcend sectarian interests and boundaries. >Among > > the social institutions that may be described as instantiations of > > solidarity, one would include social security, universal health care, > > cooperatives, trade union federations, and social regulations of broad > > public benefit. None of these reflect an abstract and disinterested > > universalism. Rather, each links and realizes specific interests within >the > > context of universal guarantees. > > > > This special issue of ephemera incorporates a diverse set of case >studies: > > Charles J. Whalen's analysis of labor friendly economic development >efforts > > in Western New York State, Latha Poonamallee's consideration of an >Indian > > town's struggles to avoid the perils of globalization, Richard Marens' > > account of labor's pension fund strategies, and John T. Luhman's study >of > > the potential of worker cooperatives as a tool for social change. We >hope > > that the explorations of this special issue will instigate an >appreciation > > for fresh work to be done, both in life and in contemporary organization > > studies research practices. As our guest editor David Jacobs suggest, >all > > are experiments in "local solidarity," solidaristic initiatives which >pursue > > shared economic security in an environment dominated by large, >hierarchical, > > profit-maximizing corporations. All depend upon intertwined conceptions >of > > enterprise and community > > > > *Editorial* > > David Jacobs > > > > Local Solidarity: Historical and Contemporary Experiments in Socially > > Responsive Business Development > > http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/7-3/7-3editorial.pdf > > > > > > *Articles* > > Charles J. Whalen > > Union-Driven Economic Development Initiatives and Community Solidarity >in > > Western New York > > http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/7-3/7-3whalen.pdf > > > > Latha Poonamallee > > Sustainability and Solidarity in a Globalized World: The Case of a Local > > Network Economy in Rural India > > http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/7-3/7-3poonamallee.pdf > > > > Richard Marens* > > *Extending Frames and Breaking Windows:Labor Activists as Shareholder > > Advocates > > http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/7-3/7-3marens.pdf > > > > John T. Luhman > > Worker-Ownership as an Instrument for solidarity and Social Change > > http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/7-3/7-3luhman.pdf > > > > > > *Reviews* > > Nick Butler > > The Management of Populations > > http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/7-3/7-3butler.pdf > > > > Ian Parker > > Jodi's Dream > > http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/7-3/7-3iparker1.pdf > > > > Ian Parker > > The Parallax Review > > http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/7-3/7-3iparker2.pdf > > > > Martin Parker > > The Physics and Metaphysics of Struggle > > http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/7-3/7-3mparker.pdf > > > > Scott Taylor* > > *In defence of … the bourgeoisie and capitalism > > http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/7-3/7-3taylor.pdf
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