Producer Co-operatives in Market Systems. A case study of the Scottish Daily News in the context of the political economy of the press

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  • Name Worker / employee ownership, co-partnership, profit sharing, etc

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Provides 'a study of power and control in industry, and focuses upon the possibility of radical democratic innovations in control. In particular the problems of producer co-operatives in market systems are examined'. Comprises three main sections: 1] analysis of the SDN Co-operative and reasons for failure; 2] discussion of political economy of press and obstacles in the path of noncommercial newspapers with radical agendas; 3] review of current state of producer co-operative movement with cast studies of Meriden and KME