This dissertation argues the elaboration of concepts of manifestation of self-management practices, its limitations when in a liberal democracy and its potentials outside of it. It does so by identifying a malaise present in self-management that is characterized by the limitations that liberal democracy imposes through its domination of political and bureaucratic power, resulting in the oppression and favoring of some over others. To explain this antagonistic relationship between liberal democracy and self-management, three concepts are elaborated: the Missing State, State as Terror and Nonexistent State. Case studies are used to explain how each concept fits into a manifestation of self-managed practice and how these concepts conflict, each in its own way, with liberal democracy. Thus, it understands that self-management generates inclusion of oppressed minorities, autonomy and a general increase in political participation by diluting the concentration of political power provided by liberal democracy, promoting horizontal political relations and stimulating direct democracy.