| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 260 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Recuperating the Hotel Bauen -- Democracy at Work -- Hospitality in Cooperation -- Rotating Opportunity -- The Politics of Equal Pay -- The Activist Workplace |
| Summary |
"In 2001 Argentina experienced a massive economic crisis: businesses went bankrupt, unemployment spiked, and nearly half the population fell below the poverty line. In the midst of the crisis, Buenos Aires' iconic twenty-story Hotel Bauen quietly closed its doors, forcing long-time hospitality workers out of their jobs. Rather than leaving the luxury hotel vacant, a group of former employees occupied the property and kept it open. In The People's Hotel, Katherine Sobering recounts the history of the Hotel Bauen, detailing its transformation from a privately owned business into a worker cooperative-one where decisions were made democratically, jobs were rotated, and all members were paid equally. Combining ethnographic and archival research with her own experiences as a volunteer worker at the hotel, Sobering examines how the Bauen cooperative grew and, against all odds, successfully kept the hotel open for nearly two decades. Highlighting successes and innovations alongside the many challenges that these workers faced, Sobering presents a vivid portrait of efforts to address inequality and reorganize work in a capitalist economy."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Description based on print version record |
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| Subject |
B.A.U.E.N. Hotel (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
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| SUBJECT |
B.A.U.E.N. Hotel (Buenos Aires, Argentina) fast |
| Subject |
Employee ownership -- Argentina -- History -- 21st century
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Hotels -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires
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HISTORY / Latin America / South America.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
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Employee ownership
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Hotels
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Argentina
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Argentina -- Buenos Aires
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021049290 |
| ISBN |
9781478022862 |
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1478022868 |
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