Protecting Democracy by Extending It: Democratic Management Reconsidered

G.A. Cohen, the neglect of democratic self‐management, and the future of democratic socialism

“…Carol Gould's important point of departure in Rethinking Democracy is that the focus of discussions about justice in Anglo-American political philosophy have mostly been confined to considerations of distribution, thereby leaving unexamined matters pertaining to the organization of production. 62 As we have seen, Gould's critical assessment is evidenced by the work of Cohen, Carens, and Roemer, specifically in their concern with distribution at the expense of production. With some notable exceptions, this troubling pattern has continued well into the twentyfirst century.…”

Migration andDemosin the Democratic Firm: An Extension of the State-Firm Analogy

“…Critics like Cohen (1978 [1927]) and Anderson (2015, 2017) describe the sovereign-like power of captains of industry and employers over their employees—both during and beyond the working day. On the other hand, the recent debate on the state-firm analogy has focused on whether the analogy can be used to justify workplace democracy (Frega 2020a; González-Ricoy 2022; Gould 2019; Landemore and Ferreras 2016; Mayer 2001). The basic idea here is that if democracy is widely accepted as the only normatively valid constitutional form for states, then we need to ask ourselves whether this is so also for other important human associations, like firms, in which power is organized and decisions must be made.…”

Editorial: Patriarchy and Populism During the COVID-19 Pandemic

“…Clearly, deeper forms of democratic participation would be essential in this perspective, with an extension of democratic modes of decision-making beyond politics to work, as in worker control and workplace democracy. Indeed, it can be expected that less hierarchy at work could help to address feelings of powerlessness, too, though these changes would not be sufficient in that regard (Gould, 2019).…”