This book presents the best contributions and some more invited papers of a Conference which was organised at the University of Durban-Westville in South Africa by the Research Committee 10 «Participation, Organisational Democracy & Self-Management» of the International Sociological Association, and the South African Sociological Association, from 1 to 5 October 2000. The nineteen contributions come from Africa, America and Europe and cover the topic in an interdisciplinary way. A major concern within the process of globalisation being democratic participation and cultural diversity. A critique of this process and alternatives to it are presented with a number of case studies.

The Editors: György Széll, Professor at the University of Osnabrück, Germany; Department of Social Sciences; Past President of RC 10/ISA. Dasarath Chetty, Director of Corporate Affairs, University of Durban-Westville, South Africa; Vice-President of RC 10/ISA. Alain Chouraqui, Research Director, Laboratoire d’Économie et de Sociologie du Travail, C.N.R.S., Aix-en-Provence, France; President of RC 10/ISA.