Transforming Power

by Rebick, Judy

• ISBN13: 9780143169468
• ISBN10: 0143169467
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-12-23
• Publisher: Penguin Global

Summary

Veteran activist Judy Rebick explains in Transforming Power how globalization and mass-communication technology are revolutionizing our understanding of power and producing profound new ideas about social and political life. Whether it's the election of President Obama, the rise of participatory democracy in Bolivia, or the success of Wikipedia, it's the process that's key: bringing communities of people together to produce something new; building a movement from the bottom up; sharing experience, knowledge, and wisdom; emphasizing co-operation and consensus over confrontation and political partisanship; or spreading ideas and actions through local and global networks.

Table of Contents

Introduction: A Better World Is in the Making	p. 1
People's Globalization: Ya Basta!	p. 13
Participatory Democracy: Power to the People	p. 34
Bolivia: Hoping This One Will Be Different	p. 53
Ubuntu: We Are People through Other People	p. 68
Feminism: The Personal Is Political	p. 84
Embracing Diversity: The Ground of Our Being	p. 98
Convergence: Uplifting Environmentalism	p. 115
Networked Politics: A New Grammar of Democracy	p. 131
Leadership: The Political Is Personal	p. 154
Community Alternatives: Living the Change	p. 169
Indigenous Ideas: Diversity of Dignity	p. 185
Non-Violence: Neither Fight nor Flight	p. 202
Is Another Economy Possible?: Green Jobs, Fair Trade, and Networks	p. 220
And What About Political Power?: Is the Party Over?	p. 239
Epilogue	p. 260
Acknowledgments	p. 265
Index	p. 267
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