Democracy in an age of corporate colonization : developments in communication and the politics of everyday life / Stanley A. Deetz.
By: Deetz, Stanley [author]
Series: SUNY series in speech communicationPublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, [1992]Copyright date: c1992Description: viii, 399 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0791408639 (alk. paper); 0791408647 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Management -- Employee participation | Industries -- Social aspects | Communication in organizations | Organizational behaviorDDC classification: 302.35 LOC classification: HD5650 | .D43 1992Summary: Résumé : "According to Deetz, our obsolete understanding of communication processes and power relations prevents us from seeing the corporate domination of public decision making. For most people issues of democracy, representation, freedom of speech, and censorship pertain to the State and its relationship to individuals and groups, and are linked to occasional political processes rather than everyday life decisions. This work reclaims the politics of personal identity and experience within the work environment as a first step to a democratic form of public decision-making appropriate to the modern context."--| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-386) and indexes.
Résumé : "According to Deetz, our obsolete understanding of communication processes and power relations prevents us from seeing the corporate domination of public decision making. For most people issues of democracy, representation, freedom of speech, and censorship pertain to the State and its relationship to individuals and groups, and are linked to occasional political processes rather than everyday life decisions. This work reclaims the politics of personal identity and experience within the work environment as a first step to a democratic form of public decision-making appropriate to the modern context."--
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