Editing Colin Ward (section)

=== Anarchism ===
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Ward's philosophy aimed at removing [[authoritarian]] forms of [[social organisation]] and replacing them with [[Workers' self-management|self-managed]], non-hierarchical forms. This is based upon the principle that, as Ward put it, "in small face-to-face groups, the [[bureaucracy|bureaucratising]] and [[social hierarchy|hierarchical]] tendencies inherent in organisations have least opportunity to develop".<ref>« in small face-to-face groups, the bureaucratising and hierarchical tendencies inherent in organisations have least opportunity to develop », 
Colin Ward, ''Anarchism as a Theory of Organization'', 1966.</ref>

Anarchism for Ward is "a description of a mode of human organization, rooted in the experience of everyday life, which operates side by side with, and in spite of, the dominant authoritarian trends of our society".<ref>Colin Ward, ''Anarchism as a Theory of Organization'', Freedom Press, London, 1988, p. 14</ref> In contrast to many anarchist philosophers and practitioners, Ward holds that "anarchism in all its guises is an assertion of human dignity and responsibility. It is not a programme for political change but an act of social self-determination".<ref>Colin Ward, ''Anarchism as a Theory of Organization'', Freedom Press, London, 1988, p. 143</ref>