In Social Structures of Direct Democracy John Asimakopoulos develops a political economy of structural equality making strong empirical arguments for radical transformation toward direct democracy by filling positions of political and economic authority with randomly selected citizens.
In Social Structures of Direct Democracy John Asimakopoulos develops a political economy of structural equality making strong empirical arguments for radical transformation toward direct democracy by filling positions of political and economic authority with randomly selected citizens.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
John Asimakopoulos, Ph.D., is Full Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York and executive director of the Transformative Studies Institute (TSI), an educational think tank. He has advanced degrees in and has taught sociology, political science, and economics resulting in a unique interdisciplinary perspective. His students include undergraduates and graduates from diverse ethnic, economic, and educational backgrounds who have honored him for over 20 years with the highest teaching evaluations. His research is focused on social movements, critical theory, and international political economy. Asimakopoulos is author of Revolt! and The Accumulation of Freedom. He has published many journal articles, book chapters, and is editor in chief of Theory in Action, an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal focusing on scholar-activism. He is currently working with his colleagues at TSI to establish a new free and progressive university for working class students operated by scholar-activists.
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Foreword by Mark Zepezauer Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Theory, Praxis, and Change The Ragged Edge of Anarchy: Direct Democracy Mutualism Collectivism Communist Anarchism Conflict Theory Why Capitalism Must Always Collapse The Relationship between Change and Radicalism Structural Limitations to Change Insurrection versus Revolution Does Direct Democracy Require Small-scale Societies McDonald's Iron Cage 2. Relations of Authority The Fraud of Representative Democracy The Best Democracy Money Can Buy Stealing Democracy Old School Political Parties A Path to Direct Democracy Economic Authority Political Authority Constitution 3. Material Relations Economic Utilities of Direct Democracy Relations of Consumption Resource Use What to Produce How to Produce Can the System Adapt? 4. Social Structure Culture and Social Integration Organizing Principles of Social Structure Institutions and Socialization Compulsion and Discipline Journalism The Social Network: The Future that Can be Now Conclusion: No Islands of Egalitarianism in a Sea of Inequality Afterword by Richard Gilman-Opalsky: What Can Grow in the Graveyard for Orthodoxies? Bibliography Index
Foreword by Mark Zepezauer Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Theory, Praxis, and Change The Ragged Edge of Anarchy: Direct Democracy Mutualism Collectivism Communist Anarchism Conflict Theory Why Capitalism Must Always Collapse The Relationship between Change and Radicalism Structural Limitations to Change Insurrection versus Revolution Does Direct Democracy Require Small-scale Societies McDonald's Iron Cage 2. Relations of Authority The Fraud of Representative Democracy The Best Democracy Money Can Buy Stealing Democracy Old School Political Parties A Path to Direct Democracy Economic Authority Political Authority Constitution 3. Material Relations Economic Utilities of Direct Democracy Relations of Consumption Resource Use What to Produce How to Produce Can the System Adapt? 4. Social Structure Culture and Social Integration Organizing Principles of Social Structure Institutions and Socialization Compulsion and Discipline Journalism The Social Network: The Future that Can be Now Conclusion: No Islands of Egalitarianism in a Sea of Inequality Afterword by Richard Gilman-Opalsky: What Can Grow in the Graveyard for Orthodoxies? Bibliography Index
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