Views on direct democracy and self-government from the perspective of Praxis journal

U radu se analiziraju tekstovi jugoslovenskih autora časopisa Praxis tokom jedanaestogodišnje produkcije i daje se prikaz različitih pogleda na direktnu (delegatsku, participativnu) demokratiju i radničko, odnosno društveno, samoupravljanje. Na osnovu različitih razumevanja normativnih modela direktne demokratije i samoupravljanja identifikuju se četiri glavne linije kritike koje se mogu okarakterisati kao: 1) etatizam, 2) nedovoljna demokratizacija, 3) neintegralnost samoupravljanja i 4) tržišna orijentacija. Kritike se, s jedne strane, međusobno dopunjuju, dok su s druge strane postavljene jedne nasuprot drugih.The paper analyzestexts ofYugoslav authors to Praxis journal duringthe eleven years of production. It offers an overviewof different views on direct (delegate, participatory) democracy and workers', or social, self-government. Based on different understandings of normative models of direct democracy and self-government, we identified four main lines of criticism that can be characterized as 1) statism, 2) insufficient democratization, 3) non-integrality of self-government and 4) market orientation. On the one hand, these criticisms complement each other, while on the other hand, they are set against each other