Work and Community
The Scott Bader Commonwealth and the Quest for a New Social Order
$229.32
- Hardcover
412 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2026
Summary
Originally published in 1968, Work and Community asks: can people participate in the decisions affecting their daily work and develop their potentialities for true growth under conditions of a cybernated technology? Can work again become a meaningful part of life? To answer these questions, the author has examined one of the most significant attempts to find a new way in industry – the Scott Bader Commonwealth in Wollaston, a resin manufacturing company owned by those working in it. Th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781041396406 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1041396406 |
| Author: | Fred H. Blum |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 412 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 920g |
| Dimensions: | 138mm x 216mm |
| Series: | Routledge Revivals |
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Fred H. Blum
Fred H. Blum (1914-1990) was an American social scientist and the founder of The New Era Centre. He was born in Germany in 1914 and emigrated to the US in 1938, where he became an American citizen. In 1959, he came to Britain on behalf of the Society of Friends (Quakers) to study new developments in mental health and religion, with a special focus on the organization of industry.
Fred taught economics at Howard University in Washington D.C. and held professorships in social sciences in Michigan and Minnesota. The U.S. Senate appointed him as an advisor to the Labor and Welfare Committee, and he also worked as a consultant for Senator John F. Kennedy.
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