Description:
Making Mondragón is a groundbreaking look at the history of worker ownership in the Spanish cooperative. First published in 1988, it remains the best source for those looking to glean a rich body of ideas for potential adaptation and implementation elsewhere from Mondragón's long and varied experience.
Brief description: William Foote Whyte (1914-2000) was Professor of Sociology at Cornell University and the author of Street Corner Society; Participant Observer; and Learning from the Field.
Review Quotes:
Making Mondragón should occupy a significant spot on the shelf of all organizational theorists, ethnographers of the workplace, and social scientists of administration. Once again, William Foote Whyte... forges new ground and cements his place as one of the premier analysts and qualitative methodologists of American social science. In a career marked by distinction, this book is no exception.
-- "Administrative Science Quarterly"