Civilizing the State
John Restakis
2h49min30
226 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h49min.
Co-op available Galleys available to sales reps, trade publications, and long-lead media Digital galleys on Edelweiss National advertising The Progressive, Sojourners, Facebook, Google, Amazon National print campaign Yes! Magazine, Municipal World, OpenDemocracy, Sojourners, Community Development Journal, Green America, The Progressive, Communities Online/social media outreach: Amazon A+ page Livestream event and giveaway with author Outreach to co-operative associations and organizations Promotion on New Society Publishers social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, our blog, Pinterest, Instagram, and YouTube Academic mailing to: Economics, Sociology, Political Science, Political Economy, and Philosophy departments General eBook marketing plan: eBook will be available at the same time as print publication to maximize sales eBook ISBN will be included on all press materials, author and publisher websites, and whenever print ISBN is listed publisher and author will be promoting both e and p through social media Excerpts target for first serial rights: Medium, OpenDemocracy, Yes! Magazine, Municipal World, The Progressive Bookseller/library promotions: inclusion at ASSA, APSA, ASA, ISA academic conferences Author's previous book, Humanizing the Economy, sold 5000 copies He has 25 years experience in the co-op movement both in NA and internationally Co-founder of Synergia Co-operative Institute, adjunct professor at Simon Fraser University in BC, research associate for Co-operatives UK Travelled extensively researching the regions covered in the book: USA, UK, Spain, Italy, India, Syria and Japan Book provides a new vision of the state that reflects the principles and values of co-operative economic democracy in service to the common good Provides a response to the growing crisis of liberal democracy Offers concrete existing examples of governance systems and political economies Provides viable pathways for progressive system change at local, municipal, regional, and global scales Central to the vision is a radically realigned relationship between state, market, and capital International Author is particularly well-known in Bologna, Italy; Athens, Greece; London, UK; and Barcelona, Spain. He has worked in the EU, the Middle East, East Africa, Sri Lanka, South and Central America, Japan, Honduras, and Cuba. Countries featured in the book: USA UK Barcelona, Spain Bologna, Italy Kerala, India Rojava, Syria Japan Academic For Undergrad and post-grad courses in political economy, economics, sociology, community development, economic development, and international relationships levels Audience Readers of Elinor Ostrom and David Bollier Activists, practitioners, policymakers, students, researchers, and general readers in the fields of social justice, co-operative economic development, commons, environmental justice, and progressive political economy. The liberal state is dead, long live the partner stateAcross the world, the liberal nation state is on its knees. Rising inequality, deep political polarization, and the pervasive power of corporations are tearing apart the social contract and threatening to crush democracy. Civilizing the State traces the history and development of the liberal state and its changing role from the enabler of capitalism to protector of citizen welfare, to its hollowing out and capture by corporate and elite interests rendering it unfit to address the compounding crises of inequality, injustice, ecological collapse, and loss of legitimacy. Author John Restakis explores citizen-powered alternatives and experiments in co-operation, deep democracy, solidarity economics, and commoning from Spain, India, the global peasant movement, and the emerging stateless democracy of Rojava rising from the wreckage of the Syrian civil war. The final section views the current crisis as an opportunity to reimagine the state not as handmaid to predatory elites but as a partner state that promotes equity, economic democracy, co-operation, and human thriving, driven by deep democracy and a fully sovereign civil society. Incisive, penetrating, and inspirational, this is essential reading for all engaged citizens with a stake in co-creating a better future for all. Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Treason of the State
2. Civil Power and the New Legitimacy
3. The Commons: Dispossession and Reclamation
4. The Co-operative City
5. The Way of the Peasant
6. Deep Democracy in Kerala
7. Living Without Approval: Stateless Democracy in Rojava
8. The World Unmasked
9. Transformation and Integration
10. From Welfare State to Partner State
11. Civilizing the State: Principles and Policies
Epilogue
Notes
Index
About the Author
About New Society Publishers
