Creative Construction - Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond

Democratic planning allows us to effectively address the multiple crises of our time through cooperative modes of collective coordination. Given the destructive consequences of contemporary capitalism, such a structural alternative to market economies is needed more than ever.
This accessible work examines various approaches that theorise, practise and nurture a creative construction towards varieties of democratic planning. Drawing from current socio-economic and ecological movements, it explores what future non-capitalist democratic planning could look like.
Bringing together important voices in the ongoing debates from scholars to activists, this volume proposes an interdisciplinary and innovative approach to democratic planning in the 21st century and beyond.

About the author

Jan Groos is Researcher at the Centre for Sociological Theory, Kiel University.
Christoph Sorg is Researcher at Humboldt University Berlin.

Summary

Given the destructive consequences of capitalism, it has never been more urgent to reconsider democratic planning. But how can we construct this in realistic terms? This accessible work bridges current movements with academic and public discourse to offer an innovative and interdisciplinary approach to planning in the 21st century.

Product details

• Assisted by: Jan Groos (Editor), Jan (Christian-Alberchts University of Kiel Groos (Editor), Christoph Sorg (Editor), Christoph (Humboldt-Universitat) Sorg (Editor)
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.03.2025
• EAN: 9781529235128
• ISBN: 978-1-5292-3512-8
• No. of pages: 370
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 240 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 676 g
• Illustrations: 1 Tables, black and white; 8 Illustrations, black and white
• Series: Alternatives to Capitalism in; Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st Century
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education