After Occupy - Economic Democracy for the 21st Century

Zusatztext Malleson's emphasis on the trade-offs of democratising the economy make him an important and original voice in contemporary radical economics. Informationen zum Autor Tom Malleson is an Assistant Professor in the Social Justice and Peace Studies program at King's University College at Western University, Canada. Klappentext These days, it is easy to be cynical about democracy. Even though there are more democratic societies now (119 and counting) than ever before, skeptics can point to low turnouts in national elections, the degree to which money corrupts the process, and the difficulties of mass participation in complex systems as just a few reasons why the system is flawed. The Occupy movement in 2011 proved that there is an emphatic dissatisfaction with the current state of affairs, particularly with the economy, but, ultimately, it failed to produce any coherent vision for social change. So what should progressives be working toward? What should the economic vision be for the 21st century? Zusammenfassung After Occupy scrutinizes power structures in workplaces, markets and investment institutions to boldly argue that democracy shouldn't just be a feature of political institutions but of economic institutions as well. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Economic Democracy: Beginning Orientations Part One: Workplaces 2. Should Workplaces be Democratized? 3. Worker Cooperatives in Practice Part Two: The Market System 4. Democracy and the Market System 5. Democratizing the Market System Part Three: Finance and Investment 6. Should Finance and Investment be Democratized? 7. Finance and Investment Democracy in Practice: Capital Controls, Public Banks, and Participatory Budgeting Conclusion: Towards a Feasible Socialism for the 21st Century Notes Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Tom Malleson, Tom (Postdoctoral Fellow Malleson, Malleson Tom
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2015
• EAN: 9780190275006
• ISBN: 978-0-19-027500-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Political structures: democracy, Political Economy, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies and movements