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Zusatztext This book is admirable in that it examines a wide range of radical proposals and projects being carried out on almost every continent...Readers who are interested in particular topics addressed in the book may find some of the essays valuable. Perhaps others will be inspired by the diversity of visionary proposals and concrete practical examples that may represent the seeds of a new society just taking root. Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey Shantz teaches human rights and community advocacy at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Vancouver, Canada. A rank and file union and antipoverty organizer and scholar, he focuses on worker self-activity and the connections between ecology and labor organizing. He is the author and editor of eleven books, including Organizing Anarchy: Direct Action and Insurgency (Berghahn Books, 2012) and Green Syndicalism (Syracuse University Press, 2012). José Brendan Macdonald is Professor Emeritus at the Universidade Federal da Paraiba, Joao Pessoa, Brazil, where he founded the Incubator of Solidarity Enterprises. He has written extensively on solidarity economics. Klappentext Capitalism as a global system barely allows the needs of the majority of the world's population to be met. Whether from an industrialized country such as the US or from South Africa! the need for an alternative can be felt all over the world. It is clear nowadays that! due to the non-democratic nature and inadequacies of capitalism! another system must take its place. Such a process has already begun through the cooperative movement! which this book examines along with other initiatives. Featuring essays by international scholars and activists from various spheres of the anti-capitalist left! the work features many examples from the north and the south! to cover both the historically-advanced and late capitalist economies. It discusses such initiatives as participatory economics! the Mondragon experience! worker cooperatives in Europe and Latin America! solidarity economy in South Africa! and more. Written in an accessible manner! Beyond Capitalism will be an invaluable resource for any student of social movements and political thought and for anyone looking for alternative to today's ongoing systemic crises. Vorwort International scholars and activists present alternatives for a post-capitalist society beyond Marxist ideas with examples from countries of the North and of the South. Zusammenfassung Capitalism as a global system barely allows the needs of the majority of the world's population to be met. Whether from an industrialized country such as the US or from South Africa, the need for an alternative can be felt all over the world. It is clear nowadays that, due to the non-democratic nature and inadequacies of capitalism, another system must take its place. Such a process has already begun through the cooperative movement, which this book examines along with other initiatives. Featuring essays by international scholars and activists from various spheres of the anti-capitalist left, the work features many examples from the north and the south, to cover both the historically-advanced and late capitalist economies. It discusses such initiatives as participatory economics, the Mondragon experience, worker cooperatives in Europe and Latin America, solidarity economy in South Africa, and more. Written in an accessible manner, Beyond Capitalism will be an invaluable resource for any student of social movements and political thought and for anyone looking for alternative to today's ongoing systemic crises. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I - Some Prospects for a Democratic Economy 1 - The Challenge of a Democratic Economy (José Brendan Macdonald) 2 - The Parecon Proposal (Michael Albert)3 - Economic Democracy Through Prout, the Progressive Utilization Theory (Dada Maheshvarananda)4 - Ana...
