guild socialism
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Guild socialism was a British political and economic movement that advocated worker-controlled industrial guilds operating within a decentralized socialist framework.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| guild socialism canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economic theory
ⓘ
political ideology ⓘ socialist movement ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
A. R. Orage
ⓘ
G. D. H. Cole ⓘ National Guilds League ⓘ S. G. Hobson ⓘ New Age magazine ⓘ
surface form:
The New Age (magazine)
|
| coreIdea |
decentralized socialist framework
ⓘ
self-governing industrial guilds ⓘ separation of political and industrial power ⓘ worker control of industry through industrial guilds ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| declineReason |
practical difficulties in implementation
ⓘ
rise of other socialist currents in the Labour Party ⓘ |
| developedIn | early 20th century ⓘ |
| differsFrom |
Soviet-style central planning
ⓘ
corporatism ⓘ |
| economicModel |
guilds manage production
ⓘ
state represents consumers ⓘ |
| goal |
collective ownership with worker control
ⓘ
elimination of wage slavery ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
consumer sovereignty through the state
ⓘ
dual power of state and guilds ⓘ guild control of production ⓘ national guilds ⓘ |
| influenced |
labour movement debates in Britain
ⓘ
later theories of industrial democracy ⓘ some strands of democratic socialism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
British trade unionism
ⓘ
Fabian socialism ⓘ medieval craft guilds ⓘ syndicalism ⓘ |
| opposes |
capitalist private ownership of industry
ⓘ
state socialism ⓘ |
| peakPeriod |
1910s
ⓘ
early 1920s ⓘ |
| proposedBy | G. D. H. Cole ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
cooperative movement
ⓘ
labourism ⓘ syndicalism ⓘ |
| supports |
functional representation in politics
ⓘ
industrial democracy ⓘ public ownership of the means of production ⓘ workers’ self-management ⓘ |
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