Council democracy : towards a democratic socialist politics / edited by James Muldoon.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Council democracy : towards a democratic socialist politics / James Muldoon -- The development of workers' councils : between spontaneity and organisation / Donny Gluckstein -- Rediscovering the Hamburg workers' and soldiers' councils / Gaard Kets and James Muldoon -- In defence of council democracy / Gabriel Wollner -- Council democracy and the socialisation dilemma / Nicholas Vrousalis -- A theory of council republicanism / Michael J. Thompson -- The councils as ontological form : Cornelius Castoriadis and the autonomous potential of douncil democracy / Christopher Holman -- Hannah Arendt, the council system, and contemporary political theory / Shmuel Lederman -- The self-limiting revolution and the mixed constitution of socialist Democracy : Claude Lefort's vision of council democracy / Benjamin Ask Popp-Madsen -- After the councils : opposing domination and developing democratic agency / John Medearis -- The case for workplace democracy / David Ellerman -- The legacy of workers' councils in contemporary social movements / Dario Azzellini.