New Prospects for British Labour
批判了Bassett和Cave主张工会应转向被动消费主义的观点,认为他们夸大了个体化程度且忽视权力分析,提出参与式工会主义应作为组织基础。
A recent pamphlet by Philip Bassett and Alan Cave argues that unions in the UK should adapt to the new individualism by establishing relations with members akin to those between the Automobile Association and its clients. Passive consumerism is to be accentuated and collectivism downplayed as Bassett and Cave recommend that individual membership services form the basis of union organization. This review rejects these arguments and the policy recommendations that arise from them, showing that they exaggerate the extent of individualization and fail to incorporate any consideration of power into their analysis. Bassett and Cave's recommendations are shown to be unattractive to trade unionists and potential members alike. Rather, this review argues for participative unionism as the basis for trade union organization, in which individual member services supplement rather than replace collective organization.