Title:
Civilizing the state : reclaiming politics for the common good
Author:
Publication Date:
2021
Publication Information:
Gabriola, BC : New Society Publishers, 2021.
Physical Description:
ix, 212 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9780865719439
Abstract:
"Civilizing the State explores the disintegration of the liberal state in the face of rising polarization and corporate power. Drawing on international examples of democratic citizen-powered alternatives, it offers a vision of a partner state that could enable equity and economic democracy, driven by civil society."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Treason of the State -- Civil Power and the New Legitimacy -- The Commons: Dispossession and Reclamation -- The Co-operative City -- The Way of the Peasant -- Deep Democracy in Kerala -- Living Without Approval: Stateless Democracy in Rojava -- The World Unmasked -- Transformation and Integration -- From Welfare State to Partner State -- Civilizing the State: Principles and Policies.
Language:
English
