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Civilizing the state : reclaiming politics for the common good

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  • Author: Restakis, John
    Contributor: Adams,David
    Date:
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    2021
    Summary:

    Civilizing the State explores the disintegration of the liberal state in the face of rising polarization and corporate power. Drawing on international examples of democratic citizen-powered alternatives, it offers a vision of a partner state that could enable equity and economic democracy, driven by civil society.

    Contents:
    • Treason of the State
    • Civil Power and the New Legitimacy
    • The Commons: Dispossession and Reclamation
    • The Co-operative City
    • The Way of the Peasant
    • Deep Democracy in Kerala
    • Living Without Approval: Stateless Democracy in Rojava
    • The World Unmasked
    • Transformation and Integration
    • From Welfare State to Partner State
    • Civilizing the State: Principles and Policies.
    Genre:
    Canadian nonfiction, Political science
    Sujets: Civil Society | Common good | Cooperation | Democracy | State, The
    Original Publisher: Gabriola, BC, New Society Publishers
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781550927368, 1550927361, 9781771423328, 9781897408599, 1771423323