Ta nza'nian Studies No.4

 

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The aim of the Tanzanian Studies series is to publish works of :
" a high level of committed scholarship that analyse in depth all '
aspects of the theory and practice of socialist development in
Tanzania.

With the publication of the TANU Guidelines in 1971, sharp
 contradictions developed in industries and other production
centres in Tanzania between workers who, inspired by the
Guidelines, demanded full participation in decision-making
and day to day running of industry and management which
resisted in subtle and even direct ways against the erosion of
what hitherto had been unchallenged authority. The guidelines
were also an important step in the severance of neo-colonial
links in which Tanzania is caught in advancing the country fur-
ther on the road to Socialism and Self-reliance.

Workers and Management is a collection of articles which
analyse the struggles of the working class in post-
independence Tanzania and the practice of workers par-
ticipation in decision-making. The articles also make startiing
revelations concerning the neo-coionial nature of the ‘blood-
sucking contracts’ between multinational corporations and
local, publicly-owned industries.

This book offers profound insight into the fundamental
problems of building socialism in a country that is primarily
agricultural but in which a small working class flexes its
muscle and shows its leadership role in the struggle against
imperialism and the local bourgeoisie.

 

Tanzania Pu
Dar es Sala