Participatory democracy :  prospects for democratizing democracy / 
Dimitrios Roussopoulos, C. George Benello, editors. 
 - Montréal :  Black Rose Books,  (c)2017. 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Part I. Components of a new society. Introduction /  Democracy, heretical and radical /  The human material /  Group organization and socio-political structure /  A note on the genesis of the community development corporation /  Some social issues in the community development corporation proposal /  Toward freedom in work /  Toward a liberatory technology /  The Yugoslav system of decentralization and self-management /  The cybernetics of self-organizing systems /  Organization, conflict and free association /  How many make too many? /  The forms of freedom /  Freedom as a tool of oppression /  The limitations of socialism /  The anarchist contribution /  Part II. The Politics of participatory democracy. Introduction /  The case of Porto Alegre : the politics and background /  The case of Porto Alegre : the participatory budget /  The case of Montreal /  New urban economy : the basis for democracy /  Every cook can govern : a study of democracy in ancient Greece /  Dimitrios Roussopoulos, C. George Benello --  George Woodcock --  Don Calhoun --  C. George Benello --  Stewart E. Perry --  Rosabeth Moss Kanter --  James Gillespie --  Murray Bookchin --  Gerry Hunnius --  John D. McEwan --  C. George Benello --  Arthur W. Chickering --  Murray Bookchin --  Christian Bay --  Martin Oppenheimer --  Colin Ward --  Dimitrios Roussopoulos --  Sergio Baierle --  Anne Latendresse --  Dimitrios Roussopoulos --  Bartha Rodin --  C.L.R. James. 
<br/><br/> "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, and beyond."--Jacket. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781551645681 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political participation--United States.<br/>Democracy--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JK1764  / .P378 2017