Taking the High Road: Communities Organize for Economic Change: Communities Organize for Economic Change

by Reynolds,David B

• ISBN13: 9780765607447
• ISBN10: 0765607441
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book presents a vision for farreaching economic change in America connected to practical grassroots steps. It points to an economic system in which corporate success merges with the long-term welfare of the workers and the general population. The author examines the continued reality of social democracy in Europe and what lessons can be learned for the U.S. He demonstrates how progressive economic change is already being fought for by labor and community groups throughout America in such efforts as the Living Wage Movement and the emerging battle against sprawl. And he provides a wealth of concrete examples, tools, and ideas that everyone can use to organize for economic and social justice in their own communities.

Table of Contents

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Paving the High Road; Closing the Low Road

European Social Democracy Points Toward the High Road

Social Citizenship: Lessons from Sweden

Associative Democracy: Lessons from Europe's German Powerhouse

Social Partnership and Social Ownership: Lessons from Austria

Confronting "Globalization" and the New Capitalist Agenda

Facing the Ecological Crisis: The Meaning of Green Politics

The Progressive Potential in the United States: Liberal Confinement and Radical Renewal

Organizing for the High Road at Home

The Living Wage Movement Sweeps the Nation!

Building a High-Road Agenda: Examples from Wisconsin

State Campaigns for Economic Justice

The New Labor Movement

Melding Environmental and Social Justice Activism: The Emerging Battle Against Sprawl

Toward a National Movement

Progressive Electoral Politics

Notes

Annotated Bibliography and Contacts

Index

About the Author

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