Social structures of direct democracy : on the political economy of equality

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    • Asimakopoulos, John

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Social structures of direct democracy : on the political economy of equality

by John Asimakopoulos

（Studies in critical social sciences, v. 68）

Brill, c2014

  • : hardback

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-200) and index

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内容説明

Neoliberalism has pushed capitalism to its limits, hollowing out global economies and lives in the process, while people have no voice. John Asimakopoulos addresses the problem with a theory to practice model that reconciles Marxism, with its diverse radical currents, and democratic theory. Social Structures of Direct Democracy develops a political economy of structural equality in large-scale society making strong empirical arguments for radical transformation. Key concepts include filling positions of political and economic authority (e.g., legislatures and corporate boards) with randomly selected citizens leaving the demos as the executive. Asimakopoulos shows that an egalitarian society leads to greater innovation, sustainable economic growth, and positive social benefits in contrast to economies based on individualism, competition, and inequality.

目次

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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