Standard English and the politics of language / Tony Crowley.
"Most large firms are controlled by shareholders, who choose the board of directors and can replace the firm's management. In rare instances, however, control over the firm rests with the workforce. Many explanations for the rarity of workers' control have been offered, but there have...
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| Language: | English |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2003.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Summary: | "Most large firms are controlled by shareholders, who choose the board of directors and can replace the firm's management. In rare instances, however, control over the firm rests with the workforce. Many explanations for the rarity of workers' control have been offered, but there have been few attempts to assess these hypotheses in a systematic way. This book draws upon economic theory, statistical evidence, and case studies to frame an explanation. The fundamental idea is that labor is inalienable, while capital can be freely transferred from one person to another. This implies that worker-controlled firms typically face financing problems, encounter collective choice dilemmas, and have difficulty creating markets for control positions within the firm. Together these factors can account for much of what is known about the incidence, behavior, and design of worker-controlled firms. A policy proposal to encourage employee buyouts is developed in the concluding chapter.; ; ; RECORD: .b10804791; URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol041/2002042460.html; HTML TOC:; ; ; ; Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 2002042460; ; ; ; ; ; Publisher description for Standard English and the politics of language / Tony Crowley.; ; ; Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog; The status of "Standard English" has featured in linguistic, educational and cultural debates over decades. This second edition of Tony Crowley's wide-ranging historical analysis and lucid account of the complex and sometimes polarized arguments driving the debate brings us up to date, and ranges from the 1830s to Conservative education policies in the 1990s and on to the implications of the National Curriculum for English language teaching in schools. Students and researchers in literacy, the history of English language, cultural theory, and English language education will find this treatment comprehensive, carefully researched and lively reading."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 292 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-286) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0333990358 9780333990353 0333990366 9780333990360 |