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Democratic by design : how carsharing, co-ops, and community land trusts are reinventing America /

"Co-ops. Credit unions. Communal work space. These are all familiar concepts to most Americans, and alive and well throughout the country, yet their potential to challenge the status quo of corporate and government bloat is rarely discussed. Such ventures have long appealed to the "practic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Metcalf, Gabriel (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Social entrepreneurship > United States.
Cooperative societies > United States.
Social change > United States.
Equality > United States.
Democracy > United States.
Cooperative societies.
Democracy.
Equality.
Social change.
Social entrepreneurship.
United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Economic Conditions.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The story of City CarShare
  • Alternative institutions and American democracy
  • Transforming the economy
  • Caring for place
  • Success, failure, and the fear of selling out
  • Putting the pieces together
  • The mystery of social change
  • Appendix : The idea of alternative institutions.