Please have a look here for Economic Democracy : The politics of Feasible Socialism by Robin Archer. I must admit I did not know his work. Looking through it, I would have three quick observations.

First, his general perspective is very good and interesting. Very much the same content and tone as the book I'm currently writing. I almost feel bad I haven’t read some of his stuff before.

Second, it must be underlined that a good part of this book is philosophical. It aims at establishing the philosophical grounds for economic democracy. Chapter 1, “Freedom and Authority” is remarkable in this regard. It builds bridges between political liberalism, communitarianism (without explicitly naming it) and socialism, founding his socialism on equal liberty and sociality.

Third, his approach is based on two pillars: 1) work-place democracy and 2) a corporatist (more “Scandinavian” model) of macro-economic policy, where unions negociate trade-offs with business and government.

This last point would be the basis for my one (big) criticism of Archer. His definition of economic democracy rests essentially on work-place democracy and the political power of unions. While this is fine, it forgets other important aspects of economic life: consumption, investment, environment, communications, etc.

Have a look at this review from Ron Baiman in New Ground.