Participatory democracy : prospects for democratizing democracy / / Dimitrios Roussopoulos, C. George Benello, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910160759303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal : , : Black Rose Books, , [2005]; ©2005
• ISBN: 9781551645681; 1551645688
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (347 pages)
• Soggetti: Political participation - United States; Democracy - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Part I. Components of a new society. Introduction / Dimitrios Roussopoulos, C. George Benello -- Democracy, heretical and radical / George Woodcock -- The human material / Don Calhoun -- Group organization and socio-political structure / C. George Benello -- A note on the genesis of the community development corporation / Stewart E. Perry -- Some social issues in the community development corporation proposal / Rosabeth Moss Kanter -- Toward freedom in work / James Gillespie -- Toward a liberatory technology / Murray Bookchin -- The Yugoslav system of decentralization and self-management / Gerry Hunnius -- The cybernetics of self-organizing systems / John D. McEwan -- Organization, conflict and free association / C. George Benello -- How many make too many? / Arthur W. Chickering -- The forms of freedom / Murray Bookchin -- Freedom as a tool of oppression / Christian Bay -- The limitations of socialism / Martin Oppenheimer -- The anarchist contribution / Colin Ward -- Part II. The Politics of participatory democracy. Introduction / Dimitrios Roussopoulos -- The case of Porto Alegre : the politics and background / Sergio Baierle -- The case of Porto Alegre : the participatory budget / Anne Latendresse -- The case of Montreal / Dimitrios Roussopoulos -- New urban economy : the basis for democracy / Bartha Rodin -- Every cook can govern : a study of ; democracy in ancient Greece / C.L.R. James.
• Sommario/riassunto: A completely revised edition of the classic and widely consulted 1970 version. First published as a testament to the legacy of the concept made popular by the New Left of the 1960s, and with the perspective of the intervening decades, this book opens up the way for re-examining just what is involved in democratizing democracy. With its emphasis on citizen participation, here, presented in one volume are the best arguments for participatory democracy written by some of the most relevant contributors to the debate, both in an historic, and in a contemporary, sense. This wide-ranging collection probes the historical roots of participatory democracy in our political culture, analyzes its application to the problems of modern society, and explores the possible forms it might take on every level of society from the work place, to the community, to the nation at large. Part II,'The Politics of Participatory Democracy,'covers Porto Alegre, Montreal, the new Urban ecology, and direct democracy.