Description
Product ID: | 9781784782238 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Jacobin |
Title: | Building the Commune |
Subtitle: | Radical Democracy in Venezuela |
Authors: | Author: Geo Maher |
Page Count: | 144 |
Subjects: | Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Political structures: democracy, Political structures: democracy, Venezuela |
Description: | Select Guide Rating A journey through Venezuela's experiments in radical democracy, after the age of Chavez Latin America’s experiments in direct democracy Since 2011, a wave of popular uprisings has swept the globe, taking shape in the Occupy movement, the Arab Spring, 15M in Spain, and the anti-austerity protests in Greece. The demands have been varied, but have expressed a consistent commitment to the ideals of radical democracy. Similar experiments began appearing across Latin America twenty-five years ago, just as the left fell into decline in Europe. In Venezuela, poor barrio residents arose in a mass rebellion against neoliberalism, ushering in a government that institutionalized the communes already forming organically. In Building the Commune, George Ciccariello-Maher travels through these radical experiments, speaking to a broad range of community members, workers, students and government officials. Assessing the projects’ successes and failures, Building the Commune provides lessons and inspiration for the radical movements of today. |
Imprint Name: | Verso Books |
Publisher Name: | Verso Books |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2016-11-01 |