autogestionn.
/ˌɔːtəʊˈdʒɛstʃ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌɔdoʊˈdʒɛstʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɔdəˈdʒɛstʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɑdoʊˈdʒɛstʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɑdəˈdʒɛstʃ(ə)n/ Originally Politics.
A socialist system in which workers have authority in political and economic decision-making, and hold ultimate responsibility in the workplace, as opposed to state-run socialism. Now also more generally: the relinquishment of managerial responsibilities to the employees in a workplace. The system was first advocated by the French Partie Socialite Unifié in the early 1960s and briefly adopted in Algeria after independence from France in 1962.
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1963 N.Y. Times 29 Sept. (Mag.) 31/2 ‘Autogestion’ (self-management) has been a popular social experiment.
1965 New Statesman 16 July 72/2 The [Algerian] army's adherence to socialism may be sincere—certainly..workers' control (autogestion) and collectivisation are essentials—though even under Ben Bella the bulk of industry remained in private hands.
1979 Dædalus Winter 16 The French Socialists..seem caught between residual..utopianism—as in the drive for autogestion—against ‘professional politics’ and against the centralized state.
1994 Guardian 9 Nov. i. 11/7 Mr Delors..says he is still in favour of the autogestion theory, a leftwing experimental management principle which sought greater participation by workers.
2004 M. Seidman Imaginary Revol. Introd. 4 As critics of bureaucracy and technocracy, the trio welcomed May as a break with a sterile social order and a healthy step toward autogestion.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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