The Democracy Project - A History. A Crisis. A Movement

Informationen zum Autor David Graeber was a professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics. He is the author of, among others, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity , Debt: The First 5,000 Years, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory , and Pirate Enlightenment , and was a contributor to Harper's Magazine, the Guardian , and the Baffler . An iconic thinker and renowned activist, his early efforts helped to make Occupy Wall Street an era-defining movement. He died on 2 September 2020. Klappentext From small beginnings its demonstrations spread across the world to cities like Cairo, Athens, Barcelona and London and gave a glimpse of a new way. This book looks at the actions of the 99 per cent asks: why was it so effective? What went right? And what can we all do now to make our world democratic once again? Zusammenfassung From small beginnings its demonstrations spread across the world to cities like Cairo, Athens, Barcelona and London and gave a glimpse of a new way. This book looks at the actions of the 99 per cent asks: why was it so effective? What went right? And what can we all do now to make our world democratic once again?

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Captures the joys and fears of a movement that believed it was on the cusp of achieving something special John Kampfner Observer

Product details

• Authors: David Graeber, Graeber David
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.05.2014
• EAN: 9780718195045
• ISBN: 978-0-7181-9504-5
• No. of pages: 326
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, Political structures: democracy, Political Economy, Revolutionary groups & movements, Revolutionary groups and movements