Drawing on his background as an economist and a specialist on the Yugoslav system of workers' self-management, Janez Prasnikar analyzes an extraordinary amount of dispersed information on the experience with workers' participation in thirteen developing countries.

Drawing on his background as an economist and a specialist on the Yugoslav system of workers' self-management, Janez Prasnikar analyzes an extraordinary amount of dispersed information on the experience with workers' participation in thirteen developing countries.

Conference report, comparison of workers self management and recent trends in workers participation in public enterprises in 14 developing countries - evaluates political aspects, economic implications and social implications of workers control over decision making; describes participatory styles in workers cooperatives, works councils, via workers stock ownership, etc.; mentions impact on woman workers and trade unionization. Organigrams.