RECOGNIZING THE POSSIBLE - THE ORGANIZATION AND CONTROL OF A SOCIALIST LABOR PROCESS

Drawing on ethnographic case study material from one kibbutz and secon dary material on the movement generally, this article explores the org anization and control of the labor process of the communal socialist I sraeli kibbutz. While not oblivious to the problems of the kibbutz mov ement, the research indicates that workers do determine the organizati on and control of its industrial labor process. These findings are dis cussed in the context of labor process analysis, which has neglected t he kibbutz. By inviting a comparison between the kibbutz and the labor processes of capitalism and state socialism, this study offers an opp ortunity for a theoretical reevaluation of socialism and a broadening of appreciation for the empirical possibilities in the organization an d control of the labor process generally.